CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2018-12244

Improper Neutralization of Formula Elements in a CSV File

Published: Apr 25, 2019 | Modified: Aug 24, 2020
CVSS 3.x
6.3
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CVSS 2.x
6.8 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

SEP (Mac client) prior to and including 12.1 RU6 MP9 and prior to 14.2 RU1 may be susceptible to a CSV/DDE injection (also known as formula injection) vulnerability, which is a type of issue whereby an application or website allows untrusted input into CSV files.

Weakness

The product saves user-provided information into a Comma-Separated Value (CSV) file, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could be interpreted as a command when the file is opened by a spreadsheet product.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Endpoint_protection Symantec 11.0 (including) 11.0 (including)
Endpoint_protection Symantec 11.0-mr1 (including) 11.0-mr1 (including)
Endpoint_protection Symantec 11.0-mr2 (including) 11.0-mr2 (including)
Endpoint_protection Symantec 11.0-mr3 (including) 11.0-mr3 (including)
Endpoint_protection Symantec 11.0-mr4 (including) 11.0-mr4 (including)
Endpoint_protection Symantec 11.0-mr4-mp2 (including) 11.0-mr4-mp2 (including)
Endpoint_protection Symantec 11.0-ru5 (including) 11.0-ru5 (including)
Endpoint_protection Symantec 11.0-ru6 (including) 11.0-ru6 (including)
Endpoint_protection Symantec 11.0-ru6-mp1 (including) 11.0-ru6-mp1 (including)
Endpoint_protection Symantec 11.0-ru6-mp2 (including) 11.0-ru6-mp2 (including)
Endpoint_protection Symantec 11.0-ru6-mp3 (including) 11.0-ru6-mp3 (including)
Endpoint_protection Symantec 11.0-ru6a (including) 11.0-ru6a (including)
Endpoint_protection Symantec 11.0-ru7 (including) 11.0-ru7 (including)
Endpoint_protection Symantec 11.0-ru7-mp1 (including) 11.0-ru7-mp1 (including)
Endpoint_protection Symantec 11.0-ru7-mp2 (including) 11.0-ru7-mp2 (including)
Endpoint_protection Symantec 11.0-ru7-mp4 (including) 11.0-ru7-mp4 (including)
Endpoint_protection Symantec 11.0-ru7-mp4a (including) 11.0-ru7-mp4a (including)
Endpoint_protection Symantec 11.0-ry7-mp3 (including) 11.0-ry7-mp3 (including)
Endpoint_protection Symantec 12.1 (including) 12.1 (including)
Endpoint_protection Symantec 12.1-ru1 (including) 12.1-ru1 (including)
Endpoint_protection Symantec 12.1-ru1-mp1 (including) 12.1-ru1-mp1 (including)
Endpoint_protection Symantec 12.1-ru2 (including) 12.1-ru2 (including)
Endpoint_protection Symantec 12.1-ru2-mp1 (including) 12.1-ru2-mp1 (including)
Endpoint_protection Symantec 12.1-ru3 (including) 12.1-ru3 (including)
Endpoint_protection Symantec 12.1-ru4 (including) 12.1-ru4 (including)
Endpoint_protection Symantec 12.1-ru4-mp1 (including) 12.1-ru4-mp1 (including)
Endpoint_protection Symantec 12.1-ru4-mp1a (including) 12.1-ru4-mp1a (including)
Endpoint_protection Symantec 12.1-ru4-mp1b (including) 12.1-ru4-mp1b (including)
Endpoint_protection Symantec 12.1-ru4a (including) 12.1-ru4a (including)
Endpoint_protection Symantec 12.1-ru5 (including) 12.1-ru5 (including)
Endpoint_protection Symantec 12.1-ru6 (including) 12.1-ru6 (including)
Endpoint_protection Symantec 12.1-ru6-mp1 (including) 12.1-ru6-mp1 (including)
Endpoint_protection Symantec 12.1-ru6-mp10 (including) 12.1-ru6-mp10 (including)
Endpoint_protection Symantec 12.1-ru6-mp2 (including) 12.1-ru6-mp2 (including)
Endpoint_protection Symantec 12.1-ru6-mp3 (including) 12.1-ru6-mp3 (including)
Endpoint_protection Symantec 12.1-ru6-mp4 (including) 12.1-ru6-mp4 (including)
Endpoint_protection Symantec 12.1-ru6-mp5 (including) 12.1-ru6-mp5 (including)
Endpoint_protection Symantec 12.1-ru6-mp6 (including) 12.1-ru6-mp6 (including)
Endpoint_protection Symantec 12.1-ru6-mp7 (including) 12.1-ru6-mp7 (including)
Endpoint_protection Symantec 12.1-ru6-mp8 (including) 12.1-ru6-mp8 (including)
Endpoint_protection Symantec 14 (including) 14 (including)
Endpoint_protection Symantec 14-mp1 (including) 14-mp1 (including)
Endpoint_protection Symantec 14.0.0-mp2 (including) 14.0.0-mp2 (including)
Endpoint_protection Symantec 14.0.1 (including) 14.0.1 (including)
Endpoint_protection Symantec 14.0.1-mp1 (including) 14.0.1-mp1 (including)
Endpoint_protection Symantec 14.0.1-mp2 (including) 14.0.1-mp2 (including)
Endpoint_protection Symantec 14.2 (including) 14.2 (including)
Endpoint_protection Symantec 14.2-mp1 (including) 14.2-mp1 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References