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CVE-2016-6590

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CVE-2016-6590

Published: Jan 8, 2020

Modified: Aug 6, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

A privilege escalation vulnerability exists when loading DLLs during boot up and reboot in Symantec IT Management Suite 8.0 prior to 8.0 HF4 and Suite 7.6 prior to 7.6 HF7, Symantec Ghost Solution Suite 3.1 prior to 3.1 MP4, Symantec Endpoint Virtualization 7.x prior to 7.6 HF7, and Symantec Encryption Desktop 10.x prior to 10.4.1, which could let a local malicious user execute arbitrary code.

VendorProductVersions

Symantec

IT Management Suite

affected
8.0 prior to 8.0 HF4 and 7.6 prior to 7.6 HF7

Symantec

Ghost Solution Suite

affected
3.1 prior to 3.1 MP4

Symantec

Symantec Endpoint Virtualization

affected
7.x prior to 7.6 HF

Symantec

Encryption Desktop

affected
0.x prior to 10.4.1
affected
n/a

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