CVE-2016-5311

HIGH

Symantec Norton and Endpoint Protection < 22.8.0.50 - Privilege Escalation via DLL Preloading

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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 (5)

Core 5
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry x_refsource_misc
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94295
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry x_refsource_misc
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037323
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry x_refsource_misc
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037324
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry x_refsource_misc
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037325

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0027
EPSS Percentile 50.9%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-427
Status published
Products (9)
symantec/endpoint_protection < 22.8.0.50
symantec/endpoint_protection_cloud < 22.8.0.50
symantec/norton_360 < 22.7
symantec/norton_antivirus < 22.7
symantec/norton_antivirus_with_backup < 22.7
symantec/norton_family < 22.7
symantec/norton_internet_security < 22.7
symantec/norton_security < 22.7
symantec/norton_security_with_backup < 22.7
Published Jan 09, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026