CVE-2002-1540

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Summary

CVECVE-2002-1540
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2003-03-31 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionThe client for Symantec Norton AntiVirus Corporate Edition 7.5.x before 7.5.1 Build 62 and 7.6.x before 7.6.1 Build 35a runs winhlp32 with raised privileges, which allows local users to gain privileges by using certain features of winhlp32.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.2 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Symantec Norton Antivirus corporate_7.5 All All All
Application Symantec Norton Antivirus corporate_7.51 All All All
Application Symantec Norton Antivirus corporate_7.6 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Neohapsis Archives - Bugtraq - RE: DH team: Norton Antivirus Corporate Edition Privilege Escalation, http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/296979/2002-10-22/2002-10-28/0 - From symsecurity_at_symantec.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com
Neohapsis Archives - Bugtraq - DH team: Norton Antivirus Corporate Edition Privilege Escalation - From 3APA3A_at_SECURITY.NNOV.RU af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com
ISS X-Force Database: nav-winhlp32-gain-privileges (10475): Norton AntiVirus Corporate Edition winhlp32 file could allow elevated privileges af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.iss.net Patch, Vendor Advisory
www.osvdb.org/6258 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
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