Vulnerability Report

CVE-2016-5311

Title: Symantec Norton Internet Security Auth Bypass

Auth Bypass

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2016-5311.

CWE Category CWE-427

Published Date Jan 09, 2020

Modified Date Nov 21, 2024

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 7.8 CVSS v3.1

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.71%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2016-5311: 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.

Impacted Vendors

symantec 9

avast 1

microsoft 1

Reference Links

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94295 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037323 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037324 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037325 https://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=&suid=20161117_00 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94295 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037323 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037324 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037325 https://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=&suid=20161117_00

CVSS v3.1

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

7.8

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Complexity

LOW

Privileges

N/A

Interaction

REQUIRED

Confidentiality

N/A

Integrity

N/A

Availability

N/A

Scope

UNCHANGED

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

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

6.9

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2016-5311 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

November 21, 2024 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

January 09, 2020 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector LOCAL

Complexity LOW

Privileges N/A

Interaction REQUIRED

CVSS Vector String


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

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.