CVE-2002-1540

high

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.

References

http://www.osvdb.org/6258

http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10475.php

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-10/0369.html

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-10/0346.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2003-03-31

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H