cvelist/2018/5xxx/CVE-2018-5235.json

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        "ASSIGNER": "secure@symantec.com",
        "DATE_PUBLIC": "2018-08-15T00:00:00",
        "ID": "CVE-2018-5235",
        "STATE": "PUBLIC"
    },
    "affects": {
        "vendor": {
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                {
                    "product": {
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                            {
                                "product_name": "Norton Utilities",
                                "version": {
                                    "version_data": [
                                        {
                                            "version_value": "Prior to 16.0.3.44"
                                        }
                                    ]
                                }
                            }
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                    "vendor_name": "Symantec Corporation"
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    "data_format": "MITRE",
    "data_type": "CVE",
    "data_version": "4.0",
    "description": {
        "description_data": [
            {
                "lang": "eng",
                "value": "Norton Utilities (prior to 16.0.3.44) 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."
            }
        ]
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                "description": [
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                        "lang": "eng",
                        "value": "DLL Preloading"
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    "references": {
        "reference_data": [
            {
                "name": "105099",
                "refsource": "BID",
                "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105099"
            },
            {
                "name": "https://support.symantec.com/en_US/article.SYMSA1459.html",
                "refsource": "CONFIRM",
                "url": "https://support.symantec.com/en_US/article.SYMSA1459.html"
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