CVE-2016-6590 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2016-6590

A privilege escalation vulnerability exists when loading DLLs during boot...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

IT Management Suite, Ghost Solution Suite, Symantec Endpoint Virtualization, Encryption Desktop
Vulnerable Versions:
8.0 prior to 8.0 HF4 and 7.6 prior to 7.6 HF7, 3.1 prior to 3.1 MP4, 7.x prior to 7.6 HF, 0.x prior to 10.4.1

Timeline

Official Publish: January 8th, 2020
Last Modified: August 6th, 2024
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.