CVE-2016-5311 is a privilege escalation vulnerability affecting multiple Symantec Norton and Endpoint Protection products. It stems from insecure DLL preloading, allowing a local attacker to gain system privileges. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability is easily exploitable with low attack complexity and user interaction, leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 22.8.0.50CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 22.8.0.50CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection_cloud:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 22.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:norton_360:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 22.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:norton_antivirus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 22.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:norton_antivirus_with_backup:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.