CVE-2018-5238
HIGHNorton Power Eraser <5.3.0.24 & SymDiag <2.1.242 - DLL Preloading
Title source: llmDescription
Norton Power Eraser (prior to 5.3.0.24) and SymDiag (prior to 2.1.242) 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.
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.0050
EPSS Percentile
65.5%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Classification
CWE
CWE-427
Status
published
Affected Products (2)
symantec/norton_power_eraser
< 5.3.0.24
symantec/symdiag
< 2.1.242
Timeline
Published
Aug 22, 2018
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026