CVE-2001-1125

highpriority · track · 40OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.025 · 84 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

2.47% (84th) EPSS

CVSS 7.5 · high

Is it mine?

2 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

2 sources

enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

Symantec LiveUpdate before 1.6 does not use cryptography to ensure the integrity of download files, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via DNS spoofing of the update.symantec.com site.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

9.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 7.5–9.8

v2.07.5highAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 6.4

v3.19.8criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 5.9

v3.19.8criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.19.8criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondaryexploitability 3.9 · impact 5.9

v3.19criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-494USprimary

affected products (2)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
symantec liveupdate< 1.6nvdUScpe:2.3:a:symantec:liveupdate:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (2)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2001-10-05modified 2026-06-16

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references (8)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

http://www.sarc.com/avcenter/security/Content/2001.10.05.html enisa_euvd
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/218717 enisa_euvd
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3403 enisa_euvd
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7235 enisa_euvd
http://www.sarc.com/avcenter/security/Content/2001.10.05.htmlBroken Linknvd
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/218717Broken LinkPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB EntryVendor Advisorynvd
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3403Broken LinkPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB EntryVendor Advisorynvd
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7235Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entrynvd

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