High severity · published Sep 28, 2017
CVE-2017-13676
Norton Remove & Reinstall can be susceptible to a DLL preloading vulnerability
7.0
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Norton Remove & Reinstall can be susceptible to a DLL preloading vulnerability. These types of issues 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. A Norton Remove & Reinstall update, version 4.4.0.58, has been released which addresses the aforementioned vulnerability.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
High
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 32% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
RR
Remove & Reinstall · Norton
through - · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-13676
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-13676
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100939
Mitigation
https://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=&suid=20170926_00
