CVE-2016-5311

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-5311
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-01-09 20:15:00 UTC
Updated2020-01-29 15:27:00 UTC
DescriptionA 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-427

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Symantec Endpoint Protection All All All All
Application Symantec Endpoint Protection All All All All
Application Symantec Endpoint Protection Cloud All All All All
Application Symantec Endpoint Protection Cloud All All All All
Application Symantec Norton 360 All All All All
Application Symantec Norton 360 All All All All
Application Symantec Norton Antivirus All All All All
Application Symantec Norton Antivirus All All All All
Application Symantec Norton Antivirus With Backup All All All All
Application Symantec Norton Antivirus With Backup All All All All
Application Symantec Norton Family All All All All
Application Symantec Norton Family All All All All
Application Symantec Norton Internet Security All All All All
Application Symantec Norton Internet Security All All All All
Application Symantec Norton Security All All All All
Application Symantec Norton Security All All All All
Application Symantec Norton Security With Backup All All All All
Application Symantec Norton Security With Backup All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Multiple Symantec Products CVE-2016-5311 DLL Loading Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability MISC www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Norton Internet Security DLL Loading Error Lets Local Users Obtain System Privileges - SecurityTracker MISC www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Security Advisories Relating to Symantec Products - Symantec Norton Client DLL Pre-Loading Uncontrolled Search Path Elevation of Privilege - 2016-11-17T15:09:19 PST | Symantec CONFIRM www.symantec.com Vendor Advisory
Norton Anti-Virus DLL Loading Error Lets Local Users Obtain System Privileges - SecurityTracker MISC www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Symantec Endpoint Protection DLL Loading Error Lets Local Users Obtain System Privileges - SecurityTracker MISC www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
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