CVE-2018-12240

Description

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.

Weakness classification

• CWE-798: Use of Hard-coded Credentials

Primary references

• secure@symantec.com — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• secure@symantec.com — Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Mitigation, Vendor Advisory