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Unscored CVE-2016-5311 EUVD-2016-6262GHSA-g7qp-85xf-w4q4

A Privilege Escalation vulnerability exists in Symantec Norton Antivirus, Norton AntiVirus with Backup, Norton Security, Norton Security wi…

Published Jan 9, 2020 · Updated Aug 6, 2024 · Assigned by symantec

Vendor: Symantec Product: Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition Cloud, and Endpoint Protection Cloud Client Product: Norton Antivirus, Norton AntiVirus with Backup, Norton Security, Norton Security with Backup, Norton Internet Security, Norton 360

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Symantec Norton Antivirus, Norton AntiVirus with Backup, Norton Security, Norton Security with Backup, Norton Internet Security, Norton 360 before 22.7 —
Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition Cloud, and Endpoint Protection Cloud Client before 22.8.0.50 —

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