{"id":"CVE-2018-12240","aliases":["EUVD-2018-4218","GHSA-4fpj-5v33-6x96"],"status":"published","title":"The Norton Identity Safe product prior to 5.3.0.976 may be susceptible to a privilege escalation...","description":"The Norton Identity Safe product prior to 5.3.0.976 may be susceptible to a privilege escalation issue via a hard coded IV, which is a type of vulnerability that can potentially increase the likelihood of encrypted data being recovered without adequate credentials.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":5.9,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"primary","from":"nvd"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-08","score":0.01117,"percentile":0.66312,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-798"],"published":"2018-08-29T20:00:00Z","modified":"2026-06-17T01:37:24Z","products":[{"vendor":"symantec","product":"norton_password_manager"},{"vendor":"symantec corporation","product":"norton identity safe for android"}],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105146","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_BID","x_transferred","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"]},{"url":"https://support.symantec.com/en_US/article.SYMSA1460.html","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred","Mitigation","Vendor Advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-12240"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4fpj-5v33-6x96"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2018-12240","description":"The Norton Identity Safe product prior to 5.3.0.976 may be susceptible to a privilege escalation issue via a hard coded IV, which is a type of vulnerability that can potentially increase the likelihood of encrypted data being recovered without adequate credentials.","status":"published","published":"2018-08-29T20:00:00Z","modified":"2024-09-16T23:31:48.124Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:35:06.320867Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2018-4218","description":"The Norton Identity Safe product prior to 5.3.0.976 may be susceptible to a privilege escalation issue via a hard coded IV, which is a type of vulnerability that can potentially increase the likelihood of encrypted data being recovered without adequate credentials.","status":"published","published":"2018-08-29T20:00:00Z","modified":"2024-09-16T23:31:48Z","updated_at":"2026-11-03T00:54:49.244391Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-4fpj-5v33-6x96","title":"The Norton Identity Safe product prior to 5.3.0.976 may be susceptible to a privilege escalation...","description":"The Norton Identity Safe product prior to 5.3.0.976 may be susceptible to a privilege escalation issue via a hard coded IV, which is a type of vulnerability that can potentially increase the likelihood of encrypted data being recovered without adequate credentials.","status":"published","published":"2022-05-13T01:25:15Z","modified":"2023-02-01T05:07:15Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":5.9,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-798"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:50:30.568005Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2018-12240","description":"The Norton Identity Safe product prior to 5.3.0.976 may be susceptible to a privilege escalation issue via a hard coded IV, which is a type of vulnerability that can potentially increase the likelihood of encrypted data being recovered without adequate credentials.","status":"published","published":"2018-08-29T20:29:00.233Z","modified":"2026-06-17T01:37:24.537Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":5.9,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"primary"},{"version":"2.0","score":4.3,"vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-798"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:04:36.842579Z"}]}}