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CVE-2001-1125

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.

Published

2001-10-05T04:00:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 9.8 (CRITICAL)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-494
Type: Secondary
CWE-494

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	symantec	liveupdate	< 1.6	Yes

References

http://www.sarc.com/avcenter/security/Content/2001.10.05.html Broken Link ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/218717 Broken Link, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3403 Broken Link, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7235 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.sarc.com/avcenter/security/Content/2001.10.05.html Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/218717 Broken Link, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3403 Broken Link, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7235 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)