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CVE-2018-5238 Details

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-427Uncontrolled Search Path Element[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
symantec norton power eraser
< 5.3.0.24

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:symantec:norton_power_eraser:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
symantec symdiag
< 2.1.242

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:symantec:symdiag:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2018-5238
NVD Published Date:
Aug 22, 2018
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2018-5238 Details - Not Deferred