CVE-2016-6590

Severity Score

7.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

Existe una vulnerabilidad de escalada de privilegios cuando se cargan bibliotecas DLL durante el arranque y el reinicio en Symantec IT Management Suite versiones 8.0 anteriores a la versión 8.0 HF4 y Suite versiones 7.6 anteriores a la versión 7.6 HF7, Symantec Ghost Solution Suite versiones 3.1 anteriores a la versión 3.1 MP4, Symantec Endpoint Virtualization versiones 7.x anteriores a la versión 7.6 HF7 y Symantec Encryption Desktop versiones 10.x anteriores a la versión 10.4.1, lo que podría permitir a un usuario malicioso local ejecutar código arbitrario.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2016-08-03 CVE Reserved
2020-01-08 CVE Published
2024-02-01 EPSS Updated
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management

CAPEC

References (3)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94279	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037302	Third Party Advisory

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://support.symantec.com/us/en/article.symsa1385.html	2020-01-21

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Symantec Search vendor "Symantec"		Encryption Desktop Search vendor "Symantec" for product "Encryption Desktop"				>= 10.0.0 < 10.4.1 Search vendor "Symantec" for product "Encryption Desktop" and version " >= 10.0.0 < 10.4.1"		-		Affected
Symantec Search vendor "Symantec"		Endpoint Encryption Search vendor "Symantec" for product "Endpoint Encryption"				>= 7.0 < 7.6 Search vendor "Symantec" for product "Endpoint Encryption" and version " >= 7.0 < 7.6"		-		Affected
Symantec Search vendor "Symantec"		Endpoint Encryption Search vendor "Symantec" for product "Endpoint Encryption"				7.6 Search vendor "Symantec" for product "Endpoint Encryption" and version "7.6"		-		Affected
Symantec Search vendor "Symantec"		Ghost Solution Suite Search vendor "Symantec" for product "Ghost Solution Suite"				3.1 Search vendor "Symantec" for product "Ghost Solution Suite" and version "3.1"		-		Affected
Symantec Search vendor "Symantec"		Ghost Solution Suite Search vendor "Symantec" for product "Ghost Solution Suite"				3.1 Search vendor "Symantec" for product "Ghost Solution Suite" and version "3.1"		maintenance_pack1		Affected
Symantec Search vendor "Symantec"		Ghost Solution Suite Search vendor "Symantec" for product "Ghost Solution Suite"				3.1 Search vendor "Symantec" for product "Ghost Solution Suite" and version "3.1"		maintenance_pack2		Affected
Symantec Search vendor "Symantec"		Ghost Solution Suite Search vendor "Symantec" for product "Ghost Solution Suite"				3.1 Search vendor "Symantec" for product "Ghost Solution Suite" and version "3.1"		maintenance_pack3		Affected
Symantec Search vendor "Symantec"		It Management Suite Search vendor "Symantec" for product "It Management Suite"				7.6 Search vendor "Symantec" for product "It Management Suite" and version "7.6"		-		Affected
Symantec Search vendor "Symantec"		It Management Suite Search vendor "Symantec" for product "It Management Suite"				8.0 Search vendor "Symantec" for product "It Management Suite" and version "8.0"		-		Affected