cvelist/2018/12xxx/CVE-2018-12238.json

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        "ID": "CVE-2018-12238",
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                                "version": {
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                                        {
                                            "version_value": "Prior to 22.15 [Norton]"
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                                        {
                                            "version_value": "Prior to 12.1.7454.7000 & 14.2 [Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP)]"
                                        },
                                        {
                                            "version_value": "Prior to NIS-22.15.1.8 & SEP-12.1.7454.7000 [Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition (SEP SBE)]"
                                        },
                                        {
                                            "version_value": "Prior to 22.15.1 [Symantec Endpoint Protection Cloud (SEP Cloud)]"
                                        }
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                                }
                            }
                        ]
                    },
                    "vendor_name": "Symantec Corporation"
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            {
                "lang": "eng",
                "value": "Norton prior to 22.15; Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) prior to 12.1.7454.7000 & 14.2; Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition (SEP SBE) prior to NIS-22.15.1.8 & SEP-12.1.7454.7000; and Symantec Endpoint Protection Cloud (SEP Cloud) prior to 22.15.1 may be susceptible to an AV bypass issue, which is a type of exploit that works to circumvent one of the virus detection engines to avoid a specific type of virus protection. One of the antivirus engines depends on a signature pattern from a database to identify malicious files and viruses; the antivirus bypass exploit looks to alter the file being scanned so it is not detected."
            }
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            {
                "description": [
                    {
                        "lang": "eng",
                        "value": "AV Bypass"
                    }
                ]
            }
        ]
    },
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        "reference_data": [
            {
                "name": "105917",
                "refsource": "BID",
                "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105917"
            },
            {
                "name": "https://support.symantec.com/content/unifiedweb/en_US/article.SYMSA1468.html",
                "refsource": "CONFIRM",
                "url": "https://support.symantec.com/content/unifiedweb/en_US/article.SYMSA1468.html"
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