CVE-2002-0344 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Symantec LiveUpdate 1.5 and earlier in Norton Antivirus stores usernames and passwords for a local LiveUpdate server in cleartext in the registry, which may allow remote attackers to impersonate the LiveUpdate server.

Published: 2002-05-03

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 1.9% 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

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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

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2002-0341	Symantec LiveUpdate 1.5 and earlier in Norton Antivirus stores usernames and passwords for a local LiveUpdate server in cleartext in the registry, which may allow remote attackers to impersonate the LiveUpdate server.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01853.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101466781122312&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101496301307285&w=2
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8282.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4170

History

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Subscriptions

Symantec Liveupdate

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2002-05-03T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T02:49:27.387Z

Reserved: 2002-05-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2002-0344

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2002-06-25T04:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2002-0344

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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