CVE-2018-5240
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…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.10%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- CVSS 3.0
- 8.0 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.10% probability · 64th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- symantec/inventory
- Source
- secure@symantec.com
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104753Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041654Third Party Advisory
- https://support.symantec.com/en_US/article.SYMSA1456.htmlMitigation, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104753Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041654Third Party Advisory
- https://support.symantec.com/en_US/article.SYMSA1456.htmlMitigation, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.