CVE-2016-5311
High
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.
SeverityHigh
CVSS7.8
Exploit probability—
ProductSymantec Endpoint Protection
PublishedJan 9, 2020
First seenJan 9, 2020
How to fix
Update
- symantec endpoint_protection22.8.0.50 or later
- symantec endpoint_protection_cloud22.8.0.50 or later
- symantec norton_36022.7 or later
- symantec norton_antivirus22.7 or later
- symantec norton_antivirus_with_backup22.7 or later
- symantec norton_family22.7 or later
- symantec norton_internet_security22.7 or later
- symantec norton_security22.7 or later
- symantec norton_security_with_backup22.7 or later
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| symantec endpoint_protection | v < 22.8.0.50 | 22.8.0.50 |
| symantec endpoint_protection_cloud | v < 22.8.0.50 | 22.8.0.50 |
| symantec norton_360 | v < 22.7 | 22.7 |
| symantec norton_antivirus | v < 22.7 | 22.7 |
| symantec norton_antivirus_with_backup | v < 22.7 | 22.7 |
| symantec norton_family | v < 22.7 | 22.7 |
| symantec norton_internet_security | v < 22.7 | 22.7 |
| symantec norton_security | v < 22.7 | 22.7 |
| symantec norton_security_with_backup | v < 22.7 | 22.7 |
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