CVE-2018-18367

Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager (SEPM) prior to and including 12.1 RU6 MP9 and prior to 14.2 RU1 may be susceptible to a DLL Preloading vulnerability, which is a type of issue that can occur when an application looks to call a DLL for execution and an attacker provides a malicious DLL to use instead.

Published: 2019-04-25 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2018-18367 is rated Moderate Risk (58.2/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.66%). Core evidence: EPSS rose +1.26% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2018-18367

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.40% 1.66% +1.26%
2 2025-03-30 0.57% 0.40% -0.17%
3 2025-03-29 0.57%

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2018-18367

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.8 3.0 HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
1.8 5.9 [email protected]
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2018-18367

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2018-18367

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
symantec endpoint_protection_manager 12.1 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection_manager:12.1:rtm:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec endpoint_protection_manager 12.1 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection_manager:12.1:ru1:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec endpoint_protection_manager 12.1 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection_manager:12.1:ru1-mp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec endpoint_protection_manager 12.1 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection_manager:12.1:ru2:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec endpoint_protection_manager 12.1 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection_manager:12.1:ru2-mp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec endpoint_protection_manager 12.1 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection_manager:12.1:ru3:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec endpoint_protection_manager 12.1 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection_manager:12.1:ru4:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec endpoint_protection_manager 12.1 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection_manager:12.1:ru4-mp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec endpoint_protection_manager 12.1 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection_manager:12.1:ru4-mp1a:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec endpoint_protection_manager 12.1 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection_manager:12.1:ru4-mp1b:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec endpoint_protection_manager 12.1 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection_manager:12.1:ru4a:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec endpoint_protection_manager 12.1 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection_manager:12.1:ru5:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec endpoint_protection_manager 12.1 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection_manager:12.1:ru6:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec endpoint_protection_manager 12.1 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection_manager:12.1:ru6-mp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec endpoint_protection_manager 12.1 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection_manager:12.1:ru6-mp1a:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec endpoint_protection_manager 12.1 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection_manager:12.1:ru6-mp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec endpoint_protection_manager 12.1 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection_manager:12.1:ru6-mp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec endpoint_protection_manager 12.1 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection_manager:12.1:ru6-mp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec endpoint_protection_manager 12.1 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection_manager:12.1:ru6-mp5:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec endpoint_protection_manager 12.1 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection_manager:12.1:ru6-mp6:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec endpoint_protection_manager 12.1 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection_manager:12.1:ru6-mp7:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec endpoint_protection_manager 12.1 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection_manager:12.1:ru6-mp8:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec endpoint_protection_manager 12.1 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection_manager:12.1:ru6-mp9:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec endpoint_protection_manager 14 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection_manager:14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec endpoint_protection_manager 14 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection_manager:14:mp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec endpoint_protection_manager 14 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection_manager:14:mp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec endpoint_protection_manager 14.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection_manager:14.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec endpoint_protection_manager 14.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection_manager:14.0.1:mp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec endpoint_protection_manager 14.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection_manager:14.0.1:mp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec endpoint_protection_manager 14.1 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection_manager:14.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec endpoint_protection_manager 14.2 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection_manager:14.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec endpoint_protection_manager 14.2 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection_manager:14.2:mp1:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2018-18367

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