CVE-2018-12239 describes an antivirus bypass vulnerability affecting various Symantec and Norton products, including Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP), SEP Small Business Edition (SEP SBE), SEP Cloud, and Norton Antivirus prior to specified versions. This flaw allows attackers to alter malicious files to evade detection by signature-based antivirus engines. Rated 6.8 MEDIUM, the vulnerability has a physical attack vector (AV:P) and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H/I:H/A:H). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 11.0, < 12.1.7454.7000CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 14.0, <= 14.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 22.15.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection_cloud:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 22.15CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:norton_antivirus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.2 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.