CVE-2018-5236 — Symantec Endpoint Protection prior to 14 RU1 MP1 or 12

Symantec Endpoint Protection prior to 14 RU1 MP1 or 12.1 RU6 MP10 may be susceptible to a race condition (or race hazard). This type of issue occurs in software where the output is dependent on the sequence or timing of other uncontrollable events.

01What is this vulnerability?

Symantec Endpoint Protection prior to 14 RU1 MP1 or 12.1 RU6 MP10 may be susceptible to a race condition (or race hazard). This type of issue occurs in software where the output is dependent on the sequence or timing of other uncontrollable events.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Symantec Corporation	Symantec Endpoint Protection	Prior to 14 RU1 MP1 or 12.1 RU6 MP10

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

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

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

• Published: 2018-06-20T16:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-09-17T00:46:52.311Z

09References

• www.securityfocus.com — http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104198
• www.securitytracker.com — http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041180
• support.symantec.com — https://support.symantec.com/en_US/article.SYMSA1454.html