CVE-2015-8156 describes an unquoted Windows search path vulnerability in Symantec Endpoint Encryption (SEE) 11.x before 11.1.1. This flaw allows a local attacker to achieve privilege escalation by placing a malicious executable, such as "program.exe," in the system drive, which the vulnerable EEDService then executes. Rated with a CVSS v3 score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires local access, but can lead to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
11.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_encryption:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_encryption:11.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_encryption:11.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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