CVE-2018-12245 describes a DLL Preloading vulnerability affecting Symantec Endpoint Protection prior to version 14.2 MP1, specifically impacting the Trialware installation media. An attacker could exploit this during installation by providing a malicious DLL, which the application would then unintentionally load. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.8, indicating high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, with a low attack complexity and requiring user interaction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 11.0, <= 14.2.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/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.