A 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.
References
Link | Resource |
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94295 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037323 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037324 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037325 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
https://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=&suid=20161117_00 | Vendor Advisory |
Configurations
Configuration 1 (hide)
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History
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Information
Published : 2020-01-09 20:15
Updated : 2024-02-04 20:39
NVD link : CVE-2016-5311
Mitre link : CVE-2016-5311
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2016-5311
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Products Affected
symantec
- norton_security
- norton_security_with_backup
- norton_family
- norton_antivirus
- endpoint_protection
- norton_internet_security
- norton_antivirus_with_backup
- endpoint_protection_cloud
- norton_360
CWE
CWE-427
Uncontrolled Search Path Element