Medium severity · published Aug 29, 2018
CVE-2018-12240
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…
5.9
CVSS
1.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.1% · higher than 66% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
NP
Norton Password Manager · Symantec
before 5.3.0.976 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-12240
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-12240
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105146
Mitigation
https://support.symantec.com/en_US/article.SYMSA1460.html
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