CVE-2005-2759 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in Symantec Norton AntiVirus 9.0.3 for Macintosh. The jlucaller program within LiveUpdate runs with setuid permissions when executing Java programs, allowing local users to gain elevated privileges. This vulnerability has a CVSS v2 score of 7.2, indicating high severity with local access, low attack complexity, and complete impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
9.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:norton_antivirus:9.0.3:*:macintosh:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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