CVE-2018-12240 — Hard-coded Credentials in Norton Password Manager

CWE-798 — Hard-coded Credentials3 documents3 sources
Severity
5.9MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.3%
top 47.42%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Symantec Norton Password ManagerSymantec Corporation Norton Identity Safe FOR Android
Timeline
PublishedAug 29
Latest updateMay 13

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NExploitability: 2.2 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages2 packages

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-4fpj-5v33-6x96: The Norton Identity Safe product prior to 5↗2022-05-13
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CVEList
CVE-2018-12240: The Norton Identity Safe product prior to 5↗2018-08-29
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CVE-2018-12240 — Hard-coded Credentials in Symantec | cvebase