CVE-2022-25623

HIGH

Symantec Management Agent - Privilege Escalation

Title source: rule

Description

The Symantec Management Agent is susceptible to a privilege escalation vulnerability. A low privilege local account can be elevated to the SYSTEM level through registry manipulations.

References (1)

[Vendor Advisory] https://support.broadcom.com/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/20366

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8

EPSS 0.0006

EPSS Percentile 17.0%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Classification

Status published

Affected Products (2)

symantec/management_agent

Timeline

Published Mar 04, 2022

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026