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CVE-2018-12245 — Symantec Endpoint Protection prior to 14

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 e

CVSS
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EPSS
0.24% (top 53.80%)
CWE
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Published
2018-11-29T14:00:00.000Z
Last modified
2024-08-05T08:30:59.056Z
CVSS vector
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01What is this vulnerability?

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…

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
Symantec CorporationSymantec Endpoint Protection (SEP)Prior to 14.2 MP1

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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