CVE-2018-12240 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in Norton Identity Safe versions prior to 5.3.0.976, stemming from the use of a hardcoded Initialization Vector (IV). This medium-severity flaw (CVSS 5.9) could allow an unauthenticated attacker to potentially recover encrypted data due to the weakness in cryptographic implementation, though it requires high attack complexity. There is currently 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
< 5.3.0.976CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:norton_password_manager:*:*:*:*:*:android:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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