Vulnerabilites related to Symantec - Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition Cloud, and Endpoint Protection Cloud Client
cve-2016-5311
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2020-01-09 19:30
Modified
2024-08-06 01:00
Severity ?
EPSS score ?
Summary
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.
References
| ▼ | URL | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94295 | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037323 | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037324 | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037325 | x_refsource_MISC | |
| https://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=&suid=20161117_00 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▼ | Symantec | Norton Antivirus, Norton AntiVirus with Backup, Norton Security, Norton Security with Backup, Norton Internet Security, Norton 360 |
Version: before 22.7 |
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