CVE-2016-6590
Severity
7.8HIGH
EPSS
0.1%
top 81.74%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedJan 8
Latest updateMay 24
Description
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.
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 Packages8 packages
🔴Vulnerability Details
2GHSA▶
GHSA-7j42-ggv7-2p5p: A privilege escalation vulnerability exists when loading DLLs during boot up and reboot in Symantec IT Management Suite 8↗2022-05-24
CVEList▶
CVE-2016-6590: A privilege escalation vulnerability exists when loading DLLs during boot up and reboot in Symantec IT Management Suite 8↗2020-01-08