CVE-2018-5240

Published Jul 25, 2018

Last updated 5 years ago

Overview

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.
Source
secure@symantec.com
NVD status
Analyzed

Risk scores

CVSS 3.0

Type
Primary
Base score
8
Impact score
5.9
Exploitability score
2.1
Vector string
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity
HIGH

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
5.2
Impact score
6.4
Exploitability score
5.1
Vector string
AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
NVD-CWE-noinfo

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

Configurations