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CVE-2018-5240 — The Inventory Plugin for Symantec Management Agent prior to 7

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 acc

CVSS
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EPSS
0.52% (top 33.40%)
CWE
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Published
2018-07-25T16:00:00.000Z
Last modified
2024-09-16T18:08:37.116Z
CVSS vector
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01What is this vulnerability?

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.

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
Symantec CorporationInventory Plugin for Symantec Management AgentPrior to 7.6 POST HF7, 8.0 POST HF6, or 8.1 RU7

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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