CVE-2018-12238 (GCVE-0-2018-12238)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2018-11-29 14:00
Modified
2024-08-05 08:30
Severity ?
CWE
  • AV Bypass
Summary
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.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Symantec Corporation Norton; Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP); Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition (SEP SBE); Symantec Endpoint Protection Cloud (SEP Cloud) Version: Prior to 22.15 [Norton]
Version: Prior to 12.1.7454.7000 & 14.2 [Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP)]
Version: Prior to NIS-22.15.1.8 & SEP-12.1.7454.7000 [Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition (SEP SBE)]
Version: Prior to 22.15.1 [Symantec Endpoint Protection Cloud (SEP Cloud)]
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