Vulnerability Database

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Total vulnerabilities in the database

CVE-2016-6590

A privilege escalation vulnerability exists when loading DLLs during boot up and reboot in Symantec IT Management Suite 8.0 prior to 8.0 HF4 and Suite 7.6 prior to 7.6 HF7, Symantec Ghost Solution Suite 3.1 prior to 3.1 MP4, Symantec Endpoint Virtualization 7.x prior to 7.6 HF7, and Symantec Encryption Desktop 10.x prior to 10.4.1, which could let a local malicious user execute arbitrary code.

  • Published: Jan 8, 2020
  • Updated: Nov 9, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2016-6590
  • Severity: High
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 7.8
  • AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Low
  • Score: 4.4
  • AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
symantec / it_management_suite 8.0 8.0.x
symantec / it_management_suite 7.6 7.6.x
symantec / ghost_solution_suite 3.1 3.1.x
symantec / ghost_solution_suite 3.1-maintenance_pack1 3.1-maintenance_pack1.x
symantec / ghost_solution_suite 3.1-maintenance_pack2 3.1-maintenance_pack2.x
symantec / ghost_solution_suite 3.1-maintenance_pack3 3.1-maintenance_pack3.x
symantec / endpoint_encryption 7.0 7.6
symantec / endpoint_encryption 7.6 7.6.x
symantec / encryption_desktop 10.0.0 10.4.1