CVE-2016-5311
Symantec Norton Antivirus Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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.
INFO
Published Date :
Jan. 9, 2020, 8:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
Jan. 29, 2020, 3:27 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
5.9
Exploitability Score :
1.8
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2016-5311
vulnerability.
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products
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affected, the information is not represented in the table below.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth
information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2016-5311.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94295 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037323 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037324 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037325 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
| https://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=&suid=20161117_00 | Vendor Advisory |
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CVE-2016-5311 vulnerability over time.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Jan. 29, 2020
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94295 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94295 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037323 No Types Assigned http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037323 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037324 No Types Assigned http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037324 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037325 No Types Assigned http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037325 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type https://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=&suid=20161117_00 No Types Assigned https://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=&suid=20161117_00 Vendor Advisory Added CWE NIST CWE-427 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 22.8.0.50 *cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection_cloud:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 22.8.0.50 *cpe:2.3:a:symantec:norton_360:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 22.7 *cpe:2.3:a:symantec:norton_antivirus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 22.7 *cpe:2.3:a:symantec:norton_antivirus_with_backup:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 22.7 *cpe:2.3:a:symantec:norton_family:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 22.7 *cpe:2.3:a:symantec:norton_internet_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 22.7 *cpe:2.3:a:symantec:norton_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 22.7 *cpe:2.3:a:symantec:norton_security_with_backup:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 22.7
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2016-5311 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2016-5311
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.18 }} -0.00%
score
0.53877
percentile