CVE-2016-5311

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 Version 3.1

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CVE ID: CVE-2016-5311
Base Score: 7.8
Base Severity: HIGH
Vector String:CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Impact Score: 5.9
Exploitability Score: 1.8

CVSS Version 2.0

nvd

CVE ID: CVE-2016-5311
Base Score: 6.9
Base Severity: MEDIUM
Vector String:AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Refrence: NVD