CVE-2018-5235
mediumpriority · track · 24EPSS 0.004 · 32 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Norton Utilities (prior to 16.0.3.44) 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.
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affected products (2)
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references (6)
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- https://support.symantec.com/en_US/article.SYMSA1459.htmlcnnvd
- https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105099cnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105099enisa_euvd
- https://support.symantec.com/en_US/article.SYMSA1459.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105099Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entrynvd
- https://support.symantec.com/en_US/article.SYMSA1459.htmlMitigationVendor Advisorynvd
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