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 Suite 3.1 prior to 3.1 MP4, Symantec Endpoint Virtualization 7.x prior to 7.6 HF7, and Symantec Encryption Desktop 10.x prior to 10.4.1, which could let a local malicious user execute arbitrary code
Published Jan 8, 2020
7.8
HIGHCVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.32%
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 Suite 3.1 prior to 3.1 MP4, Symantec Endpoint Virtualization 7.x prior to 7.6 HF7, and Symantec Encryption Desktop 10.x prior to 10.4.1, which could let a local malicious user execute arbitrary code.
Affected products
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- Version 0.x prior to 10.4.1StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version
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- Version 3.1 prior to 3.1 MP4StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version
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- Version 8.0 prior to 8.0 HF4 and 7.6 prior to 7.6 HF7StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version
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- Version 7.x prior to 7.6 HFStatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | ||||||
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| Symantec | Encryption Desktop | n/a |
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| Symantec | Ghost Solution Suite | n/a |
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| Symantec | IT Management Suite | n/a |
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| Symantec | Symantec Endpoint Virtualization | n/a |
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- ≥ 10.0.0 · < 10.4.1
- ≥ 7.0 · < 7.6
- 7.6
- 3.1
- 3.1
- 3.1
- 3.1
- 7.6
- 8.0
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.32% (0.00317) | 22.31th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.32% (0.00317) | 23.18th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.06% (0.00058) | 15.46th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.17% (0.00165) | 54.50th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 1, 2024 | 0.17% (0.00165) | 53.26th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 7, 2023 | 0.19% (0.00186) | 55.23th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.21% (0.00205) | 56.64th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.56% (0.01559) | 75.09th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.56% (0.01559) | 75.04th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.56% (0.01559) | 73.04th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.56% (0.01559) | 51.96th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (3)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94279 x_refsource_MISCThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037302 x_refsource_MISCThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://support.symantec.com/us/en/article.symsa1385.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94279 | x_refsource_MISCThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037302 | x_refsource_MISCThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| https://support.symantec.com/us/en/article.symsa1385.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.