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Norton Utilities DLL Preloading Vulnerability (Windows)

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

Privilege escalation

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

4.4

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

5 years ago

Modified

Modified

4 years ago

Summary

This host is running Norton Utilities and is prone to local privilege-escalation vulnerability

Insight

Insight

The flaw exists because when an application looks to call a DLL for execution, it can accept a malicious DLL also instead. 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.

Affected Software

Affected Software

Norton Utilities versions prior to 16.0.3.44

Detection Method

Detection Method

Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.

Solution

Solution

Upgrade to version 16.0.3.44. Please see the references for more information.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)