CVE-2018-12238

Norton prior to 22.15; Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) prior to 12.1.7454.7000 & 14.2; Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition (SEP SBE) prior to NIS-22.15.1.8 & SEP-12.1.7454.7000; and Symantec Endpoint Protection Cloud (SEP Cloud) prior to 22.15.1 may be susceptible to an AV bypass issue, which is a type of exploit that works to circumvent one of the virus detection engines to avoid a specific type of virus protection. One of the antivirus engines depends on a signature pattern from a database to identify malicious files and viruses; the antivirus bypass exploit looks to alter the file being scanned so it is not detected.

CVSS v3 7.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 4.6 MEDIUM

7.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

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

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

4.6^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105917	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://support.symantec.com/content/unifiedweb/en_US/article.SYMSA1468.html	Mitigation Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection_cloud::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:symantec:norton_antivirus::::::::

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2018-11-29 14:29

Updated : 2023-12-10 12:44

NVD link : CVE-2018-12238

Mitre link : CVE-2018-12238

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2018-12238

JSON object : View

Products Affected

symantec

endpoint_protection
endpoint_protection_cloud
norton_antivirus

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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