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01 Record

CVE-2016-6590

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

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: symantec
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

02 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

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision
Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability
0.31% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 24.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity
No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2020-01-08 15:43Z6 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-08-06 01:36Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2016-08-03
Assigning CNA
symantec
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Not rated by the issuing CNA
CNA CVSS vector
Not published by the issuing CNA
Weaknesses
  • CWE-269Improper Privilege ManagementClass
Data version
5.1
Document digest
a8feb215600804674b980f8d63cfe88161ac3e1ae39f641a6ac5e1fd26d5aad4

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
SymantecIT Management Suite8.0 prior to 8.0 HF4 and 7.6 prior to 7.6 HF7—
SymantecGhost Solution Suite3.1 prior to 3.1 MP4—
SymantecSymantec Endpoint Virtualization7.x prior to 7.6 HF—
SymantecEncryption Desktop0.x prior to 10.4.1—

06 References