CVE-2018-12240
MEDIUMNorton Identity Safe <5.3.0.976 - Privilege Escalation
Title source: llmDescription
The Norton Identity Safe product prior to 5.3.0.976 may be susceptible to a privilege escalation issue via a hard coded IV, which is a type of vulnerability that can potentially increase the likelihood of encrypted data being recovered without adequate credentials.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105146
Mitigation, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://support.symantec.com/en_US/article.SYMSA1460.html
Scores
CVSS v3
5.9
EPSS
0.0029
EPSS Percentile
52.6%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Details
CWE
CWE-798
Status
published
Products (1)
symantec/norton_password_manager
< 5.3.0.976
Published
Aug 29, 2018
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026