CVE-2016-5311 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94295 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037323 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037324 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037325 https://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=&suid=20161117_00

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.8