Liveupdate

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First CVE: Aug 14, 2001 · Active for 24 years

5
Total CVEs
More Total CVEs than 77% of tracked products
1.7
Avg CVEs / Year
Higher CVE frequency than 59% of tracked products
6.2
Avg CVSS
Higher Avg CVSS than 25% of tracked products
0.0%
KEV Rate
Bottom 1%

Trends Over Time

The number and severity of CVEs published that impact Liveupdate over time

Volume of CVEsAvg CVSS Base Score
First CVE
Aug 14, 2001
24 years ago
Most Recent CVE
Apr 19, 2006
7,403 days ago

CVE Severity & Scoring

Liveupdate5 CVEs
All CVEs352,713 CVEs
MediumCritical
Attack Vector
Local0 (0.0%)
Network1 (20.0%)
Unknown4 (80.0%)
Physical0 (0.0%)
Adjacent Network0 (0.0%)
Attack Complexity
Low1 (20.0%)
High0 (0.0%)
Unknown4 (80.0%)
User Interaction
None1 (20.0%)
Unknown4 (80.0%)
Required0 (0.0%)
Privileges Required
Low0 (0.0%)
High0 (0.0%)
None1 (20.0%)
Unknown4 (80.0%)

Top CVEs

Signals from CVEs in this product scope (5 CVEs).

5 CVEs · Highest risk first

CVEPublishedCVSSRiskKEVExploit
Symantec LiveUpdate before 1.6 does not use cryptography to ensure the integrity of download files, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via DNS spoofing of the
Oct 5, 20019.830NONO
Symantec LiveUpdate 1.5 and earlier in Norton Antivirus stores usernames and passwords for a local LiveUpdate server in cleartext in the registry, which may allow remote attackers
Jun 25, 20025.020NONO
Untrusted search path vulnerability in unspecified components in Symantec LiveUpdate for Macintosh 3.0.0 through 3.5.0 do not set the execution path, which allows local users to ga
Apr 19, 20066.818NONO
Symantec LiveUpdate 1.5 stores proxy passwords in cleartext in a registry key, which could allow local users to obtain the passwords.
Aug 14, 20014.618NONO
Symantec LiveUpdate 1.4 through 1.6, and possibly later versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (flood) via DNS spoofing of the update.symantec.com site.
Oct 5, 20015.015NONO

Exploit Exposure

Signals from CVEs in this product scope (5 CVEs).

CISA KEV
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
Metasploit
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
Nuclei
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
ExploitDB
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%

Social Chatter

Signals from CVEs in this product scope (5 CVEs).

Media Mentions

Signals from CVEs in this product scope (5 CVEs).

Top CNAs Publishing CVEs For Liveupdate

Top CWEs

Versions

VersionCVE CountAvg CVSSAvg EPSSKEVExploits
3.516.80.4%00
3.0.316.80.4%00
3.0.216.80.4%00
3.0.116.80.4%00
3.016.80.4%00
1.615.02.6%00
1.524.81.5%00
1.415.02.6%00