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FKIE_CVE-2018-12240

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2018-08-29 20:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 01:37

Severity

5.9 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Summary

The Norton Identity Safe product prior to 5.3.0.976 may be susceptible to a privilege escalation issue via a hard coded IV, which is a type of vulnerability that can potentially increase the likelihood of encrypted data being recovered without adequate credentials.

References

URL	Tags
secure@symantec.com	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105146	Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secure@symantec.com	https://support.symantec.com/en_US/article.SYMSA1460.html	Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105146	Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://support.symantec.com/en_US/article.SYMSA1460.html	Mitigation, Vendor Advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	symantec	norton_password_manager	*

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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T01:37:24.537",
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CVE-2018-12240 (GCVE-0-2018-12240)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-08-29 20:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 23:31

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Privilege Escalation

Assigner

symantec mitre root

References

2 references

URL	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105146	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://support.symantec.com/en_US/article.SYMSA1…	x_refsource_CONFIRM

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Symantec Corporation	Norton Identity Safe for Android	Affected: Prior to 5.3.0.976

Date Public

2018-08-22 00:00

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Sightings

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