CVE-2018-5238

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-427

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
Symantec Corporation	Norton Power Eraser	Prior to 5.3.0.24
Symantec Corporation	SymDiag	Prior to 2.1.242

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105100Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://support.symantec.com/en_US/article.SYMSA1459.htmlMitigation, Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105100Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://support.symantec.com/en_US/article.SYMSA1459.htmlMitigation, Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Aug 22, 2018
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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