CVE-2018-12240

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.

Score

CVSS 3.1 5.9 Medium

Status

Modified - secure@symantec.com

Published

2018-08-29

Last modified

2024-09-16

Weaknesses

CWE-798

Affected products

• Norton Password Manager (Symantec)
• Norton Identity Safe For Android (Symantec Corporation)

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105146
• https://support.symantec.com/en_US/article.SYMSA1460.html