Elevation of Privileges in Symantec Data Loss Prevention Windows Endpoint

Summary

CVECVE-2026-3991
StatePUBLISHED
Assignersymantec
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-03-30 19:16:27 UTC
Updated2026-04-01 14:24:21 UTC
DescriptionSymantec Data Loss Prevention Windows Endpoint, prior to 25.1 MP1, 16.1 MP2, 16.0 RU2 HF9, 16.0 RU1 MP1 HF12, and 16.0 MP2 HF15, may be susceptible to a Elevation of Privilege vulnerability, which is a type of issue whereby an attacker may attempt to compromise the software application to gain elevated access to resources that are normally protected from an application or user.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 7.8 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.000130000 probability, percentile 0.020380000 (date 2026-04-01)

Problem Types: CWE-829 | CWE-829 CWE-829 Inclusion of functionality from untrusted control sphere


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Secondary7.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
3.1CNACVSS7.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Broadcom Data Loss Prevention unaffected 25.1.00100.60229 Windows
CNA Broadcom Data Loss Prevention unaffected 16.1.00200.60431 Windows
CNA Broadcom Data Loss Prevention unaffected 16.0.20009.60689 Windows
CNA Broadcom Data Loss Prevention unaffected 16.0.10112.60928 Windows
CNA Broadcom Data Loss Prevention unaffected 16.0.00215.62094 Windows

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/Secur... [email protected] support.broadcom.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

CNA: Manuel Feifel (en)

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