CVE-2016-5311

CVSS V2 Medium 6.9 CVSS V3 High 7.8
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-5311
  • Assigner
  • secure@symantec.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2020-01-09T20:15:11
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2020-01-29T15:27:05
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-427 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/427.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 22.8.0.50
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection_cloud:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 22.8.0.50
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:norton_360:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 22.7
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:norton_antivirus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 22.7
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:norton_antivirus_with_backup:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 22.7
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:norton_family:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 22.7
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:norton_internet_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 22.7
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:norton_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 22.7
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:norton_security_with_backup:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 22.7
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 6.9
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.4
  • Impact Score
  • 10
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037325 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037324 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
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037323 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94295 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5311
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5311
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 16:52:13 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-04 09:13:44 2020-01-09T20:15Z 2020-01-09T20:15:11 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-04 09:13:44 2020-01-29T15:27:05 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-04 09:13:44 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated