CVE-2018-5238 Other in Norton Power Eraser
Attackers can execute arbitrary code by placing a malicious DLL in the application's search path, affecting Norton Power Eraser and SymDiag users.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2018-5238?
CVE-2018-5238 is a high-severity vulnerability in Symantec Corporation Norton Power Eraser, published on 22 Aug 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Norton Power Eraser (prior to 5.3.0.24) and SymDiag (prior to 2.1.242) may be susceptible to a DLL Preloading vulnerability, which is a type of issue that can occur when an application looks to call a DLL for execution and an attacker provides a malicious DLL to use instead. Depending on how the application is configured, it will generally follow a specific search path to locate the DLL. The vulnerability can be exploited by a simple file write (or potentially an over-write) which results in a foreign DLL running under the context of the application.
Weakness: CWE-427
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-5238?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Symantec Norton Power Eraser, Symantec Symdiag.
How do I fix CVE-2018-5238?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-5238 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2018-5238 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-5238 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-cf5f-pw2j-32gg.