CVE-2018-5236 describes a race condition vulnerability affecting Symantec Endpoint Protection versions prior to 14 RU1 MP1 or 12.1 RU6 MP10. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) could allow an authenticated, low-privileged attacker to cause a denial-of-service by exploiting the timing-dependent nature of the software, though high attack complexity is required. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 14.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:12.1:ru6mp10:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
14.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:14.0:ru1mp1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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