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CVE-2016-6590

HIGH

7.8

Description

A privilege escalation vulnerability exists when loading DLLs during boot up and reboot in Symantec IT Management Suite 8.0 prior to 8.0 HF4 and Suite 7.6 prior to 7.6 HF7, Symantec Ghost Solution Suite 3.1 prior to 3.1 MP4, Symantec Endpoint Virtualization 7.x prior to 7.6 HF7, and Symantec Encryption Desktop 10.x prior to 10.4.1, which could let a local malicious user execute arbitrary code.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score7.8

SeverityHIGH

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack VectorLOCAL

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionREQUIRED

Published1/8/2020

Last Modified11/21/2024

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

symantec:encryption_desktopsymantec:endpoint_encryptionsymantec:ghost_solution_suitesymantec:it_management_suite

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-269

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94279(secure@symantec.com)

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037302(secure@symantec.com)

https://support.symantec.com/us/en/article.symsa1385.html(secure@symantec.com)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94279(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037302(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://support.symantec.com/us/en/article.symsa1385.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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