PT-2018-11069 · Norton · Norton Identity Safe

Published 2018-08-29 · Updated 2020-07-15 · CVE-2018-12240

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.9

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Norton Identity Safe versions prior to 5.3.0.976

Description The issue is related to a privilege escalation problem due to a hard-coded IV, which can increase the likelihood of encrypted data being recovered without proper credentials.

Recommendations For versions prior to 5.3.0.976, update to version 5.3.0.976 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Using Hardcoded Credentials

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-798

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-12240

Affected Products

Norton Identity Safe

References · 4

• https://support.symantec.com/en_US/article.SYMSA1460.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-12240 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-12240 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/105146 · Note