CVE-2018-5240

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.

CVSS v3.0 8.0 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 5.2 MEDIUM

8.0^/10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability : 2.1 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector ADJACENT_NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

5.2^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 5.1 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector ADJACENT_NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

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

Advertisement

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:symantec:inventory:8.0:hf6::::management_agent::*
	cpe:2.3:a:symantec:inventory::::::management_agent::*
	cpe:2.3:a:symantec:inventory:8.1:ru7::::management_agent::*

Information

Published : 2018-07-25 09:29

Updated : 2019-10-02 17:03

NVD link : CVE-2018-5240

Mitre link : CVE-2018-5240

JSON object : View

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo

Advertisement

Products Affected

symantec

inventory

{"cve": {"data_type": "CVE", "references": {"reference_data": [{"url": "https://support.symantec.com/en_US/article.SYMSA1456.html", "name": "https://support.symantec.com/en_US/article.SYMSA1456.html", "tags": ["Mitigation", "Vendor Advisory"], "refsource": "CONFIRM"}, {"url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104753", "name": "104753", "tags": ["Third Party Advisory", "VDB Entry"], "refsource": "BID"}, {"url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041654", "name": "1041654", "tags": ["Third Party Advisory"], "refsource": "SECTRACK"}]}, "data_format": "MITRE", "description": {"description_data": [{"lang": "en", "value": "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."}]}, "problemtype": {"problemtype_data": [{"description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "NVD-CWE-noinfo"}]}]}, "data_version": "4.0", "CVE_data_meta": {"ID": "CVE-2018-5240", "ASSIGNER": "secure@symantec.com"}}, "impact": {"baseMetricV2": {"cvssV2": {"version": "2.0", "baseScore": 5.2, "accessVector": "ADJACENT_NETWORK", "vectorString": "AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P", "authentication": "SINGLE", "integrityImpact": "PARTIAL", "accessComplexity": "LOW", "availabilityImpact": "PARTIAL", "confidentialityImpact": "PARTIAL"}, "severity": "MEDIUM", "impactScore": 6.4, "obtainAllPrivilege": false, "exploitabilityScore": 5.1, "obtainUserPrivilege": false, "obtainOtherPrivilege": false, "userInteractionRequired": false}, "baseMetricV3": {"cvssV3": {"scope": "UNCHANGED", "version": "3.0", "baseScore": 8.0, "attackVector": "ADJACENT_NETWORK", "baseSeverity": "HIGH", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", "integrityImpact": "HIGH", "userInteraction": "NONE", "attackComplexity": "LOW", "availabilityImpact": "HIGH", "privilegesRequired": "LOW", "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH"}, "impactScore": 5.9, "exploitabilityScore": 2.1}}, "publishedDate": "2018-07-25T16:29Z", "configurations": {"nodes": [{"children": [], "operator": "OR", "cpe_match": [{"cpe23Uri": "cpe:2.3:a:symantec:inventory:8.0:hf6:*:*:*:management_agent:*:*", "cpe_name": [], "vulnerable": true}, {"cpe23Uri": "cpe:2.3:a:symantec:inventory:*:*:*:*:*:management_agent:*:*", "cpe_name": [], "vulnerable": true, "versionEndIncluding": "7.6"}, {"cpe23Uri": "cpe:2.3:a:symantec:inventory:8.1:ru7:*:*:*:management_agent:*:*", "cpe_name": [], "vulnerable": true}]}], "CVE_data_version": "4.0"}, "lastModifiedDate": "2019-10-03T00:03Z"}