CVE-2016-6590 (GCVE-0-2016-6590)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-01-08 15:43 – Updated: 2024-08-06 01:36
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Summary
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.
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  • untrusted search path
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Symantec IT Management Suite Affected: 8.0 prior to 8.0 HF4 and 7.6 prior to 7.6 HF7
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