CVE-2016-6592
A vulnerability was found in Symantec Norton Download Manager versions prior to 5.6. A remote user can create a specially crafted DLL file…
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- symantec
Description
A vulnerability was found in Symantec Norton Download Manager versions prior to 5.6. A remote user can create a specially crafted DLL file that, when placed on the target user's system, will cause the Norton Download Manager component to load the remote user's DLL instead of the intended DLL and execute arbitrary code when the Norton Download Manager component is run by the target user.
Timeline
ID reserved
By symantec
- 3 years later
· 3 years later
Published
- 5 years later
· 5 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 | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.96% · top 38% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
Affected products
Symantec · Norton Download Manager
- affected 2016
References (6)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94695 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95444 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037622 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037623 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037624 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://support.symantec.com/us/en/article.SYMSA1394.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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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