Vulnerability in Symantec Endpoint Protection
CVE-2018-18369
Norton Security (Windows client) prior to 22.16.3 and SEP SBE (Windows client) prior to Cloud Agent 3.00.31.2817, NIS-22.15.2.22 & SEP-12.1.7484.7002, 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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.024 (83.2th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 83rd percentile — 83.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.024 · newest: 0.024 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Symantec Endpoint Protection — versions nis-22.15.2.22, sep-12.1.7484.7002
- Symantec Endpoint Protection Cloud
- Symantec Endpoint Protection Cloud Agent
- Symantec Norton Security
- Symantec Corporation Norton Security — versions Prior to 22.16.3
- Symantec Corporation Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition — versions Prior to Cloud Agent 3.00.31.2817, NIS-22.15.2.22, SEP-12.1.7484.7002
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- support.symantec.com/en_US/article.SYMSA1479.html (Vendor Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/107997 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-18369?
- CVE-2018-18369 is a high-severity vulnerability in Symantec Endpoint Protection, classified under Untrusted Search Path. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2019-04-25.
- How severe is CVE-2018-18369?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.