CVE-2015-8156

HIGH

Symantec SEE <11.1.1 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Unquoted Windows search path vulnerability in EEDService in Symantec Endpoint Encryption (SEE) 11.x before 11.1.1 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse executable file in the %SYSTEMDRIVE% directory, as demonstrated by program.exe.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90050

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0013
EPSS Percentile 31.1%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

Status published
Products (3)
symantec/endpoint_encryption 11.0
symantec/endpoint_encryption 11.0.0
symantec/endpoint_encryption 11.0.1
Published May 14, 2016
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026