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CVE-2016-5311

UNKNOWN
Published 2020-01-09T19:30:52
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Description

A Privilege Escalation vulnerability exists in Symantec Norton Antivirus, Norton AntiVirus with Backup, Norton Security, Norton Security with Backup, Norton Internet Security, Norton 360, Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition Cloud, and Endpoint Protection Cloud Client due to a DLL-preloading without path restrictions, which could let a local malicious user obtain system privileges.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

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Affected Products

Symantec

Norton Antivirus, Norton AntiVirus with Backup, Norton Security, Norton Security with Backup, Norton Internet Security, Norton 360

Affected Versions:

before 22.7
Symantec

Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition Cloud, and Endpoint Protection Cloud Client

Affected Versions:

before 22.8.0.50

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

⚠ Unreviewed MODERATE

GHSA-g7qp-85xf-w4q4

Advisory Details

A Privilege Escalation vulnerability exists in Symantec Norton Antivirus, Norton AntiVirus with Backup, Norton Security, Norton Security with Backup, Norton Internet Security, Norton 360, Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition Cloud, and Endpoint Protection Cloud Client due to a DLL-preloading without path restrictions, which could let a local malicious user obtain system privileges.

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

5.0

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5311
WEB https://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=&suid=20161117_00
WEB http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94295
WEB http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037323
WEB http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037324
WEB http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037325

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: May 24, 2022, Modified: May 24, 2022

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94295
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037323
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037324
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037325
https://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=&suid=20161117_00
Published: 2020-01-09T19:30:52
Last Modified: 2024-08-06T01:00:58.618Z
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