Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2018-12245 (CCN-153605)

Assigned:2018-11-28
Published:2018-11-28
Updated:2018-12-28
Summary: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.
CVSS v3 Severity:7.8 High (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
6.8 Medium (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availibility (A): High
6.3 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
5.5 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Privileges Required (PR): High
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availibility (A): High
CVSS v2 Severity:6.8 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): Partial
Availibility (A): Partial
5.9 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:H/Au:M/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): High
Athentication (Au): Multiple_Instances
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availibility (A): Complete
Vulnerability Type:CWE-426
Vulnerability Consequences:Gain Privileges
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2018-12245

Source: BID
Type: Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
105919

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
symantec-cve201812245-priv-esc(153605)

Source: CCN
Type: Symantec Security Advisory ID: SA1468
Norton and SEP Multiple Issues

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Vendor Advisory
https://support.symantec.com/content/unifiedweb/en_US/article.SYMSA1468.html

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/a:symantec:endpoint_protection:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version >= 11.0 and <= 14.2.0.1)

    • Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/a:symantec:endpoint_protection:14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    BACK
    symantec endpoint protection *
    symantec endpoint protection 14