CVE-2016-5311
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Jan 9, 2020
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Jun 6, 2016
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.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
Norton Antivirus, Norton AntiVirus with Backup, Norton Security, Norton Security with Backup, Norton Internet Security, Norton 360Symantec |
|
Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition Cloud, and Endpoint Protection Cloud ClientSymantec |
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