CVE-2016-5311
3Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackepss 0.7%
exploitation probability
0.7%top 50% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
A Privilege Escalation vulnerability exists in Symantec Norton Antivirus, Norton AntiVirus with Backup, Norton Security, Norton Security with Backup, Norton Internet Security, Norton 360, Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition Cloud, and Endpoint Protection Cloud Client due to a DLL-preloading without path restrictions, which could let a local malicious user obtain system privileges.
Affected products
Symantec · Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition Cloud, and Endpoint Protection Cloud ClientSymantec · Norton Antivirus, Norton AntiVirus with Backup, Norton Security, Norton Security with Backup, Norton Internet Security, Norton 360References
https://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=&suid=20161117_00http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94295http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037323http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037324http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037325