CVE-2016-9093

Summary

CVECVE-2016-9093
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-04-16 19:29:00 UTC
Updated2018-05-23 14:22:00 UTC
DescriptionA version of the SymEvent Driver that shipped with Symantec Endpoint Protection 12.1 RU6 MP6 and earlier fails to properly sanitize logged-in user input. SEP 14.0 and later are not impacted by this issue. A non-admin user would need to be able to save an executable file to disk and then be able to successfully run that file. If properly constructed, the file could access the driver interface and potentially manipulate certain system calls. On all 32-bit systems and in most cases on 64-bit systems, this will result in a denial of service that will crash the system. In very narrow circumstances, and on 64-bit systems only, this could allow the user to run arbitrary code on the local machine with kernel-level privileges. This could result in a non-privileged user gaining privileged access on the local machine.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-20

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Symantec Endpoint Protection 12.1.6 mp1 All All
Application Symantec Endpoint Protection 12.1.6 mp1a All All
Application Symantec Endpoint Protection 12.1.6 mp2 All All
Application Symantec Endpoint Protection 12.1.6 mp3 All All
Application Symantec Endpoint Protection 12.1.6 mp4 All All
Application Symantec Endpoint Protection 12.1.6 mp5 All All
Application Symantec Endpoint Protection 12.1.6 mp6 All All
Application Symantec Endpoint Protection 12.1.6 mp1 All All
Application Symantec Endpoint Protection 12.1.6 mp1a All All
Application Symantec Endpoint Protection 12.1.6 mp2 All All
Application Symantec Endpoint Protection 12.1.6 mp3 All All
Application Symantec Endpoint Protection 12.1.6 mp4 All All
Application Symantec Endpoint Protection 12.1.6 mp5 All All
Application Symantec Endpoint Protection 12.1.6 mp6 All All
Application Symantec Endpoint Protection All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Symantec Endpoint Protection Client CVE-2016-9093 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Security Advisories Relating to Symantec Products - Symantec Endpoint Protection Clients Local Elevation of Privilege, CSV Formula Injection - 2017-03-06T10:09:33 PST | Symantec CONFIRM www.symantec.com Vendor Advisory
Symantec Endpoint Protection Lets Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges and Remote Users Injection Formulas into Exported CSV Files in Certain Cases - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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