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CVE-2016-6590

HIGH
7.8CVSS
Published: 2020-01-08
Updated: 2024-11-21
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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.

CVSS Metrics

Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
local
Complexity
low
Privileges
none
User Action
required
Scope
unchanged
Confidentiality
high
Integrity
high
Availability
high
Weaknesses
CWE-269

Metadata

Primary Vendor
SYMANTEC
Published
1/8/2020
Last Modified
11/21/2024
Source
NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

symantec : encryption_desktopsymantec : endpoint_encryptionsymantec : endpoint_encryptionsymantec : ghost_solution_suitesymantec : ghost_solution_suitesymantec : ghost_solution_suitesymantec : ghost_solution_suitesymantec : it_management_suitesymantec : it_management_suite

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