CVE-2001-1125 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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: 2002-03-15

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: 3.5% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:symantec:liveupdate:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.03463.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
http://www.sarc.com/avcenter/security/Content/2001.10.05.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/218717
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3403
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7235

History

Thu, 16 Jan 2025 17:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Symantec Liveupdate

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2002-03-15T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-01-16T17:04:41.599Z

Reserved: 2002-03-15T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2001-1125

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-08T04:44:07.831Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2001-10-05T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2001-1125

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-494

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