4.4
MEDIUM CVSS 2.0
CVE-2014-9227
Symantec Endpoint Protection Untrusted Search Path DLL Injection Vulnerability
Description

Multiple untrusted search path vulnerabilities in the Manager component in Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) before 12.1.6 allow local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory.

INFO

Published Date :

Sept. 20, 2015, 8:59 p.m.

Last Modified :

April 12, 2025, 10:46 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

No
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2014-9227 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Symantec endpoint_protection
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 2.0 MEDIUM [email protected]
Solution
This information is provided by the 3rd party feeds.
  • Upgrade to Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager 12.1 RU6 or later.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2014-9227 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2014-9227 weaknesses.

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2014-9227 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2014-9227 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75203
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032616
    Added Reference http://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=&suid=20150617_00
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 23, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032616 [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Sep. 23, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Evaluator Description <a href="http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/426.html">CWE-426: Untrusted Search Path</a>
    Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:12.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Changed Reference Type http://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=&suid=20150617_00 No Types Assigned http://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=&suid=20150617_00 Advisory
    Added CWE NVD-CWE-Other
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Sep. 23, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 4.4
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.08 }} -0.18%

score

0.25800

percentile