Description
Norton Utilities (prior to 16.0.3.44) may be susceptible to a DLL Preloading vulnerability, which is a type of issue that can occur when an application looks to call a DLL for execution and an attacker provides a malicious DLL to use instead. Depending on how the application is configured, it will generally follow a specific search path to locate the DLL. The vulnerability can be exploited by a simple file write (or potentially an over-write) which results in a foreign DLL running under the context of the application.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105099
Mitigation, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://support.symantec.com/en_US/article.SYMSA1459.html
Scores
CVSS v3
6.0
EPSS
0.0016
EPSS Percentile
35.9%
Attack Vector
PHYSICAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-427
Status
published
Products (1)
symantec/norton_utilities
< 16.0.3.44
Published
Aug 22, 2018
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026