CVE-2001-1125

CVSS 9.8 - CRITICAL

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.

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Version
symantec	liveupdate	`All versions`

References

http://www.sarc.com/avcenter/security/Content/2001...

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/218717

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3403

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabiliti...

http://www.sarc.com/avcenter/security/Content/2001...

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/218717

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3403

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabiliti...

Weakness Types

CWE-494 CWE-494

CVE Information

CVE ID:: CVE-2001-1125
Published:: 2001-10-05
Modified:: 2025-04-03
CVSS Score:: 9.8
Severity:: CRITICAL
Vector:: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Vendors

symantec

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CVSS Severity Scale

0.0 - 3.9 LOW

4.0 - 6.9 MEDIUM

7.0 - 8.9 HIGH

9.0 - 10.0 CRITICAL