Vulnerability CVE-2016-6590


Published: 2020-01-08

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.

Type:

CWE-269

(Improper Privilege Management)

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.4/10
6.4/10
3.4/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Symantec -> Encryption desktop 
Symantec -> Endpoint encryption 
Symantec -> Ghost solution suite 
Symantec -> It management suite 

 References:
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94279
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037302
https://support.symantec.com/us/en/article.symsa1385.html

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