CVE Catalog

CVE-2017-6329

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Symantec VIP Access for Desktop prior to version 2.2.4 is susceptible to a DLL Pre-Loading vulnerability. This vulnerability allows an attacker to inject a malicious DLL, potentially leading to unauthorized code execution within the application's context.

Risk Assessment

Exploitation of this vulnerability could allow the execution of malicious software, posing a significant security threat to the organization's systems.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update Symantec VIP Access to version 2.2.4 or later to mitigate the risks associated with this vulnerability.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Symantec VIP Access for Desktop prior to 2.2.4 can be susceptible to a DLL Pre-Loading vulnerability. These types of issues occur when an application looks to call a DLL for execution and an attacker provides a malicious DLL to use instead. Depending on how the application is configured, the application will generally follow a specific search path to locate the DLL. The exploitation of the vulnerability manifests as a simple file write (or potentially an over-write) which results in a foreign executable running under the context of the application.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS