CVE-2018-5238

N/A
Published: August 22, 2018 at 05:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:59 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorNorton Power EraserSymdiag

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%

Description

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 5.3.0.24
Affected range stops below 5.3.0.24, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 2.1.242
Affected range stops below 2.1.242, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (2)

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105100
x_refsource_CONFIRMMitigationVendor Advisory
https://support.symantec.com/en_US/article.SYMSA1459.html

CVSS

Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
PARTIAL
Availability
PARTIAL
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-427

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