CVE-2018-12238 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2018-12238

Norton prior to 22.15; Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) prior to...

Vulnerability Description

Norton prior to 22.15; Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) prior to 12.1.7454.7000 & 14.2; Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition (SEP SBE) prior to NIS-22.15.1.8 & SEP-12.1.7454.7000; and Symantec Endpoint Protection Cloud (SEP Cloud) prior to 22.15.1 may be susceptible to an AV bypass issue, which is a type of exploit that works to circumvent one of the virus detection engines to avoid a specific type of virus protection. One of the antivirus engines depends on a signature pattern from a database to identify malicious files and viruses; the antivirus bypass exploit looks to alter the file being scanned so it is not detected.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Symantec Corporation

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Affected Software

Norton; Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP); Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition (SEP SBE); Symantec Endpoint Protection Cloud (SEP Cloud)
Vulnerable Versions:
Prior to 22.15 [Norton], Prior to 12.1.7454.7000 & 14.2 [Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP)], Prior to NIS-22.15.1.8 & SEP-12.1.7454.7000 [Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition (SEP SBE)], Prior to 22.15.1 [Symantec Endpoint Protection Cloud (SEP Cloud)]

Timeline

Official Publish: November 29th, 2018
Last Modified: August 5th, 2024
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.