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NVD Vulnerability Details :

CVE-2018-5240

Analyzed

Source-secure@symantec.com

Published At-25 Jul, 2018 | 16:29

Updated At-03 Oct, 2019 | 00:03

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.

Date Added	Due Date	Vulnerability Name	Required Action
	N/A

Metrics

Type	Version	Base score	Base severity	Vector
Primary	3.0	8.0	HIGH	CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Primary	2.0	5.2	MEDIUM	AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

CPE Matches

Symantec Corporation

>>inventory>>Versions up to 7.6(inclusive)

cpe:2.3:a:symantec:inventory:*:*:*:*:*:management_agent:*:*

Symantec Corporation

>>inventory>>8.0

cpe:2.3:a:symantec:inventory:8.0:hf6:*:*:*:management_agent:*:*

Symantec Corporation

>>inventory>>8.1

cpe:2.3:a:symantec:inventory:8.1:ru7:*:*:*:management_agent:*:*

Weaknesses

CWE ID	Type	Source
NVD-CWE-noinfo	Primary	nvd@nist.gov

References

Hyperlink	Source	Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104753	secure@symantec.com	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041654	secure@symantec.com	Third Party Advisory
https://support.symantec.com/en_US/article.SYMSA1456.html	secure@symantec.com	Mitigation Vendor Advisory

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