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01 Record

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

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: symantec
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
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02 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

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
1.09% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 65.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
8.0 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/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
2018-07-25 16:00Z8 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-09-16 18:08Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2018-01-05
Assigning CNA
symantec
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Not rated by the issuing CNA
CNA CVSS vector
Not published by the issuing CNA
Weaknesses
No CWE assigned
Data version
5.1
Document digest
c08565a6211fbcabe280a9ec9d4d7f55f3748a86bfc1c79774b3fabcc5869795

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
Symantec CorporationInventory Plugin for Symantec Management AgentPrior to 7.6 POST HF7, 8.0 POST HF6, or 8.1 RU7—

06 References