CVE-2016-6590

Published Jan 8, 2020 CVSS 3.1 · 7.8 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
A privilege escalation vulnerability exists when loading DLLs during boot up and reboot in Symantec IT Management Suite 8.0 prior to 8.0 HF4 and Suite 7.6 prior to 7.6 HF7, Symantec Ghost Solution Suite 3.1 prior to 3.1 MP4, Symantec Endpoint Virtualization 7.x prior to 7.6 HF7, and Symantec Encryption Desktop 10.x prior to 10.4.1, which could let a local malicious user execute arbitrary code.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-7508 A privilege escalation vulnerability exists when loading DLLs during boot up and reboot in Symantec IT Management Suite 8.0 prior to 8.0 HF4 and Suite 7.6 prior to 7.6 HF7, Symantec Ghost Solution Suite 3.1 prior to 3.1 MP4, Symantec Endpoint Virtualization 7.x prior to 7.6 HF7, and Symantec Encryption Desktop 10.x prior to 10.4.1, which could let a local malicious user execute arbitrary code.
History

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
symantec
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 1:36 AM
Reserved
Aug 3, 2016, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jan 8, 2020, 4:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 12:51 AM