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CVE-2016-5311

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 EPSS 0.71%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2020-01-09 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8. See the original NVD description below for full technical details.

CVE
CVE-2016-5311
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.8
EPSS
0.71%

Original NVD Description

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.

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