CVE-2018-5240
HIGHSymantec Management Agent <7.6-8.1 - Privilege Escalation
Title source: llmDescription
The Inventory Plugin for Symantec Management Agent prior to 7.6 POST HF7, 8.0 POST HF6, or 8.1 RU7 may be susceptible to a privilege escalation vulnerability, which is a type of issue that allows a user to gain elevated access to resources that are normally protected at lower access levels.
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104753
Mitigation, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://support.symantec.com/en_US/article.SYMSA1456.html
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry
x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041654
Scores
CVSS v3
8.0
EPSS
0.0052
EPSS Percentile
67.1%
Attack Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
Status
published
Products (3)
symantec/inventory
8.0 hf6
symantec/inventory
8.1 ru7
symantec/inventory
< 7.6
Published
Jul 25, 2018
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026