CVEvulnerability

CVE-2001-1125

9.8 CRITICAL Published 2001-10-05 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2001-10-05
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-494

Description

Symantec LiveUpdate before 1.6 does not use cryptography to ensure the integrity of download files, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via DNS spoofing of the update.symantec.com site.

Affected configurations

• symantec liveupdate (< 1.6)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-494 Download of Code Without Integrity Check weakness

Referenced by CWE · observed example (1)

  • CWE-494 Download of Code Without Integrity Check weakness

References