CVE-2002-1540 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The 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.

Published: 2004-09-01

Score: 7.2 High

EPSS: < 1% Very 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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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:symantec:norton_antivirus:corporate_7.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:symantec:norton_antivirus:corporate_7.6:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:symantec:norton_antivirus:corporate_7.51:::::::*

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2002-1522	The 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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00058.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-10/0346.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-10/0369.html
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10475.php
http://www.osvdb.org/6258

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Symantec Norton Antivirus

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2004-09-01T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T03:26:28.699Z

Reserved: 2003-02-25T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2002-1540

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2003-03-31T05:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2002-1540

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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