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High severity8.0NVD Advisory· Published Jul 25, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2018-5240

CVE-2018-5240

Description

The Inventory Plugin for Symantec Management Agent prior to 7.6 POST HF7, 8.0 POST HF6, or 8.1 RU7 may be susceptible to a privilege escalation vulnerability, which is a type of issue that allows a user to gain elevated access to resources that are normally protected at lower access levels.

Affected products

5
  • Symantec/Inventory3 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:symantec:inventory:*:*:*:*:*:management_agent:*:*+ 2 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:symantec:inventory:*:*:*:*:*:management_agent:*:*range: <=7.6
    • cpe:2.3:a:symantec:inventory:8.0:hf6:*:*:*:management_agent:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:symantec:inventory:8.1:ru7:*:*:*:management_agent:*:*
  • Symantec/Inventory Pluginllm-create
    Range: prior to 7.6 POST HF7, 8.0 POST HF6, 8.1 RU7
  • Symantec Corporation/Inventory Plugin for Symantec Management Agentv5
    Range: Prior to 7.6 POST HF7, 8.0 POST HF6, or 8.1 RU7

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

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