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CVE-2002-1540
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…
High7.2EPSS 0.41%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 18 months later
· 18 months later
Published
- 20 years later
· 20 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.41% · top 64% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (4)
- 20021025 RE: DH team: Norton Antivirus Corporate Edition Privilege Escalation, http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/296979/2002-10-22/2002-10-28/0 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 6258 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- nav-winhlp32-gain-privileges(10475) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20021024 DH team: Norton Antivirus Corporate Edition Privilege Escalation (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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