TI-2001-01079 Aliases CVE-2001-1125 GHSA-7rhp-mjch-qq88

Symantec LiveUpdate before 1.6 does not use cryptography to ensure the integrity of…

MEDIUM 54CWE-494Published 2002-03-15 · Updated 2025-01-16

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · High
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-494.

Summary

Symantec LiveUpdate before 1.6 does not use cryptography to ensure the integrity of download files, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via DNS spoofing of the update.symantec.com site.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.02474 84th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: Yes
Technical impact: Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:liveupdate::::::::	before 1.6	Vulnerable	Symantec

cpe:2.3:a:symantec:liveupdate:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 1.6 Vulnerable ·Symantec

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2001-1125
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7rhp-mjch-qq88

References

Other 1

http://www.sarc.com/avcenter/security/Content/2001.10.05.html

TI-2006-01782 Untrusted search path vulnerability in unspecified components in Symantec LiveUpdate for… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.8
TI-2002-00333 Symantec LiveUpdate 1.5 and earlier in Norton Antivirus stores usernames and passwords… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
TI-2001-01080 Symantec LiveUpdate 1.4 through 1.6, and possibly later versions, allows remote attackers… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
TI-2001-00534 Symantec LiveUpdate 1.5 stores proxy passwords in cleartext in a registry key, which… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.6

Sources

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