Norton Power Eraser/SymDiag DLL Loader uncontrolled search path
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A vulnerability has been found in Norton Power Eraser and SymDiag (version unknown) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function of the component DLL Loader. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a uncontrolled search path vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-427. The product uses a fixed or controlled search path to find resources, but one or more locations in that path can be under the control of unintended actors. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
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.
The bug was discovered 08/15/2018. The weakness was released 08/22/2018 by Kushal Arvind Shah with Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at support.symantec.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2018-5238 since 01/04/2018. Attacking locally is a requirement. The successful exploitation requires a single authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1574 according to MITRE ATT&CK.
The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 7 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.
Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at 123150.
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.4
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VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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Exploiting
Class: Uncontrolled search pathCWE: CWE-427 / CWE-426
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Local: Yes
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Timeline
01/04/2018 🔍08/15/2018 🔍
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Sources
Advisory: support.symantec.comResearcher: Kushal Arvind Shah
Organization: Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2018-5238 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 105100 - Multiple Symantec Products CVE-2018-5238 DLL Loading Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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Entry
Created: 08/23/2018 06:45Updated: 03/17/2020 15:38
Changes: 08/23/2018 06:45 (60), 03/17/2020 15:38 (6)
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