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Symantec LiveState 7.1 Agent for Windows allows local users to gain privileges by stopping the shstart.exe process and open "Web Self-Service" from the system tray icon, which will open a browser window running with elevated privileges

Published Dec 6, 2006

Description

Symantec LiveState 7.1 Agent for Windows allows local users to gain privileges by stopping the shstart.exe process and open "Web Self-Service" from the system tray icon, which will open a browser window running with elevated privileges. NOTE: several third-party researchers have noted that administrator privileges may be necessary to terminate shstart.exe. If this is the case, then no privilege escalation occurs, and this is not a vulnerability

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Dec 6, 2006
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Dec 6, 2006
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 16, 2026
Red Hat
Severity n/a
Public date n/a