Symantec Norton Utilities 2.0 TUNEOCX.OCX privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Symantec Norton Utilities 2.0. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality in the library TUNEOCX.OCX. The manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-1999-1380. There is no available exploit. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Symantec Norton Utilities 2.0 and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown functionality in the library TUNEOCX.OCX. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Symantec Norton Utilities 2.0 for Windows 95 marks the TUNEOCX.OCX ActiveX control as safe for scripting, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via the run option through malicious web pages that are accessed by browsers such as Internet Explorer 3.0.

The weakness was presented 05/04/1997 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at mlarchive.ima.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-1999-1380. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (7188) and OSVDB (4719†). news.zdnet.co.uk is providing further details. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Remote: Yes

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Recommended: Upgrade
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06/17/2014 +3730 days 🔍
04/16/2026 +4321 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: symantec.com

Advisory: mlarchive.ima.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-1999-1380 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-1999-1380
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-13883
X-Force: 7188 - Norton Utilities for Windows 95 \, High Risk
OSVDB: 4719 - Symantec TUNEOCX.OCX ActiveX Control Execute Arbitrary Command

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Entryinfo

Created: 06/18/2014 01:22
Updated: 04/16/2026 18:07
Changes: 06/18/2014 01:22 (53), 04/03/2019 16:24 (1), 04/16/2026 18:07 (19)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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