High severity · published Nov 29, 2018
CVE-2018-12238
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 &…
7.8
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
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 34% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
EP
Endpoint Protection · Symantec
11.0 before 12.1.7454.7000; 14.0 through 14.2 · source: NVD
EP
Endpoint Protection Cloud · Symantec
before 22.15.1 · source: NVD
NA
Norton Antivirus · Symantec
before 22.15 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-12238
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-12238
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105917
Mitigation
https://support.symantec.com/content/unifiedweb/en_US/article.SYMSA1468.html
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