Description
Privilege escalation occurs when a user gets access to more resources or functionality than they are normally allowed.
CVSS Metrics
- Vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:H/UI:A/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
- Attack Vector
- network
- Complexity
- high
- Privileges
- high
- User Action
- active
- Confidentiality
- undefined
- Integrity
- undefined
- Availability
- undefined
- Weaknesses
- CWE-269
Metadata
- Primary Vendor
- BROADCOM
- Published
- 8/11/2025
- Last Modified
- 9/16/2025
- Source
- NIST NVD
- Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.
Affected Products
broadcom : symantec_pgp_encryption
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