CVE-2016-5311
Severity
7.8HIGH
EPSS
0.3%
top 49.06%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedJan 9
Latest updateMay 24
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9
Affected Packages9 packages
🔴Vulnerability Details
2GHSA▶
GHSA-g7qp-85xf-w4q4: A Privilege Escalation vulnerability exists in Symantec Norton Antivirus, Norton AntiVirus with Backup, Norton Security, Norton Security with Backup,↗2022-05-24
CVEList▶
CVE-2016-5311: A Privilege Escalation vulnerability exists in Symantec Norton Antivirus, Norton AntiVirus with Backup, Norton Security, Norton Security with Backup,↗2020-01-09