OVERVIEW
Symantec has released an update to address a DLL loading vulnerability detected in the Norton Download Manager for affected products
Highest severity issue: Medium
Number of issues: 1
ISSUES
This update applies to the following issues:
TITLE | CVE | SEVERITY |
CVE-2016-6592 | Medium |
AFFECTED PRODUCTS
Symantec has verified this issue in Norton Download Manager 5.6 and prior versions. Symantec has addressed the issue in current versions of Norton Download Manager as outlined below.
Norton
The following products are affected. No other Symantec products or Norton products other than those listed here use the Norton Download Manager and are not impacted by this issue
PRODUCT | SOLUTION |
Norton Family |
See Mitigation Section below for update details |
Norton AntiVirus | |
Norton AntiVirus Basic | |
Norton Internet Security | |
Norton 360 | |
Norton 360 Premier | |
Norton Security | |
Norton Security with Backup | |
Norton Security Standard | |
Norton Security Deluxe | |
Norton Security Premium | |
Symantec Endpoint Protection Cloud | |
|
ISSUE DETAILS
Norton Download Manager DLL Loading
CVE-2016-6592
BID: 95444
Severity: Medium (CVSSv3: 4.6) AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Impact: Code execution
Exploitation: None
The Norton Download Manager is a small executable stub initially downloaded when a user visits the Norton portal to download a trial or licensed version of Norton security products and Norton Family. The Norton Download Manager is susceptible to a potential DLL loading issue. Ultimately, this issue is caused by a failure of the Norton Download Manager to use an absolute path when loading required DLLs during process startup. This can cause the default DLL search logic to be followed when looking for a required DLL. This could allow unauthorized execution provided a specifically-crafted DLL can be successfully substituted for an authorized DLL in the Norton Download Manager search path (normally the user’s browser download folder). If successfully targeted, the specifically-formatted substitute DLL would execute with the privileges of the logged-on user. In currently supported operating systems, these privileges would be at the user level for the initial actions of the Norton Download Manager as it does not require or request elevated privileges to function.
A remote attack against the Norton Download Manager would need to leverage known methods of trust exploitations in an attempt to compromise an authorized user. Such attempts generally require enticing an authorized user to visit a malicious or compromised website for a drive-by download or to click on a malicious link in an HTTP email to download malicious content.
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