CVEvulnerability
CVE-2018-12240
5.9 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-08-29
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.9 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-798
Description
The Norton Identity Safe product prior to 5.3.0.976 may be susceptible to a privilege escalation issue via a hard coded IV, which is a type of vulnerability that can potentially increase the likelihood of encrypted data being recovered without adequate credentials.
Affected configurations
• symantec norton password manager (< 5.3.0.976)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-798 Use of Hard-coded Credentials weakness
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105146 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://support.symantec.com/en_US/article.SYMSA1460.html Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105146 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://support.symantec.com/en_US/article.SYMSA1460.html Mitigation, Vendor Advisory