CVE-2018-5240

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Summary

CVECVE-2018-5240
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-07-25 16:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-03 00:03:00 UTC
DescriptionThe Inventory Plugin for Symantec Management Agent prior to 7.6 POST HF7, 8.0 POST HF6, or 8.1 RU7 may be susceptible to a privilege escalation vulnerability, which is a type of issue that allows a user to gain elevated access to resources that are normally protected at lower access levels.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Symantec Inventory 8.0 hf6 All All
Application Symantec Inventory 8.1 ru7 All All
Application Symantec Inventory 8.0 hf6 All All
Application Symantec Inventory 8.1 ru7 All All
Application Symantec Inventory All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Malformed Request BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Symantec Management Agent (Altiris) Directory Permissions Error in Inventory Plugin Lets Local Users Obtain System Privileges - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory
Inventory Plugin for Symantec Management Agent Privilege Escalation CONFIRM support.symantec.com Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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