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CVE-2001-1125

CRITICAL CVSS: 9.8 Published: 2001-10-05 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

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.

Affected Platforms

Symantec Liveupdate

Weakness Type

CWE-494, CWE-494

References