CVE Vulnerability

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 normally protected at lower access levels.

5.2 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 5.1 / Impact : 6.4

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

Scope

8 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.1 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector ADJACENT_NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://support.symantec.com/en_US/article.SYMSA1456.html Mitigation Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104753 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041654 Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:symantec:inventory:8.0:hf6:*:*:*:management_agent:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:inventory:8.1:ru7:*:*:*:management_agent:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:inventory:*:*:*:*:*:management_agent:*:*
Information

Published : 2018-07-25 04:29

Updated : 2019-10-03 12:03

NVD link : CVE-2018-5240

Mitre link : CVE-2018-5240

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
NVD-CWE-noinfo