CVE-2018-12245
HIGHSymantec Endpoint Protection <14.2 MP1 - DLL Preloading
Title source: llmDescription
Symantec Endpoint Protection prior to 14.2 MP1 may be susceptible to a DLL Preloading vulnerability, which in this case is an issue that can occur when an application being installed unintentionally loads a DLL provided by a potential attacker. Note that this particular type of exploit only manifests at install time; no remediation is required for software that has already been installed. This issue only impacted the Trialware media for Symantec Endpoint Protection, which has since been updated.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105919
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://support.symantec.com/content/unifiedweb/en_US/article.SYMSA1468.html
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.0024
EPSS Percentile
46.5%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-426
Status
published
Products (1)
symantec/endpoint_protection
11.0 - 14.2.0.1
Published
Nov 29, 2018
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026