CVE-2001-1125

Severity

75%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

106%

Symantec LiveUpdate before 1.6 does not use cryptography to ensure the integrity of download files, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via DNS spoofing of the update.symantec.com site.

Symantec LiveUpdate before 1.6 does not use cryptography to ensure the integrity of download files, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via DNS spoofing of the update.symantec.com site.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 7.5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

Type

Symantec LiveUpdate

First reported 23 years ago

2001-10-05 04:00:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-12-19 02:29:00

Affected Software

Symantec LiveUpdate 1.4

1.4

Symantec LiveUpdate 1.5

1.5

References

http://www.sarc.com/avcenter/security/Content/2001.10.05.html

20011005 Symantec LiveUpdate attacks

Patch, Vendor Advisory

3403

Patch, Vendor Advisory

liveupdate-host-verification(7235)

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