Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jan 9, 2020· Updated Aug 6, 2024
CVE-2016-5311
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.
Affected products
4- Range: before 22.8.0.50
- Symantec/Norton Antivirus, Norton AntiVirus with Backup, Norton Security, Norton Security with Backup, Norton Internet Security, Norton 360v5Range: before 22.7
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
5- www.securityfocus.com/bid/94295mitrex_refsource_MISC
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1037323mitrex_refsource_MISC
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1037324mitrex_refsource_MISC
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1037325mitrex_refsource_MISC
- www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jspmitrex_refsource_CONFIRM
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