CVE-2018-12245 (GCVE-0-2018-12245)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2018-11-29 14:00
Modified
2024-08-05 08:30
Severity ?
CWE
  • DLL Preloading
Summary
Symantec Endpoint Protection prior to 14.2 MP1 may be susceptible to a DLL Preloading vulnerability, which in this case is an issue that can occur when an application being installed unintentionally loads a DLL provided by a potential attacker. Note that this particular type of exploit only manifests at install time; no remediation is required for software that has already been installed. This issue only impacted the Trialware media for Symantec Endpoint Protection, which has since been updated.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Symantec Corporation Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) Version: Prior to 14.2 MP1
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