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CVE-2002-1540

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2003-03-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The client for Symantec Norton AntiVirus Corporate Edition 7.5.x before 7.5.1 Build 62 and 7.6.x before 7.6.1 Build 35a runs winhlp32 with raised privileges, which allows local users to gain privileges by using certain features of winhlp32.

Affected products

• Symantec Norton Antivirus: corporate_7.5, corporate_7.6, corporate_7.51

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-10/0346.html
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-10/0369.html
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10475.php
• http://www.osvdb.org/6258
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-10/0346.html
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-10/0369.html
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10475.php
• http://www.osvdb.org/6258

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