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CVE-2018-5240

N/A
Published: July 25, 2018 at 04:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:59 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorInventory

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%

Description

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Inventory· Symantec
95%
v ≤ 7.6v < 7.68.0 hf68.1 ru7
Affected range stops below 7.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (3)

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104753
VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041654
x_refsource_CONFIRMMitigationVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://support.symantec.com/en_US/article.SYMSA1456.html

CVSS

5.2MEDIUM[email protected]
Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
PARTIAL
Availability
PARTIAL
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-noinfo

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