PT-2018-16829 · Symantec · Norton Power Eraser+1

Published 2018-08-22 · Updated 2018-11-14 · CVE-2018-5238

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Norton Power Eraser versions prior to 5.3.0.24 SymDiag versions prior to 2.1.242

Description The issue is related to a DLL Preloading vulnerability, which occurs when an application looks to call a DLL for execution and an attacker provides a malicious DLL to use instead. This can be exploited by a simple file write, resulting in a foreign DLL running under the context of the application.

Recommendations For Norton Power Eraser versions prior to 5.3.0.24, update to version 5.3.0.24 or later. For SymDiag versions prior to 2.1.242, update to version 2.1.242 or later.

Fix

Uncontrolled Search Path Element

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-427

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-5238

Affected Products

Norton Power Eraser

Symdiag

References · 4

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-5238 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5238 · Security Note
• https://support.symantec.com/en_US/article.SYMSA1459.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/105100 · Note