CVE-2016-6592 describes a DLL hijacking vulnerability in Symantec Norton Download Manager versions prior to 5.6. An attacker can craft a malicious DLL that, when placed on a user's system, will be loaded and executed by the Download Manager instead of a legitimate DLL. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a significant risk of arbitrary code execution with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, requiring user interaction to trigger. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 5.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:norton_download_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.