CVE-2006-6308 (GCVE-0-2006-6308)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2006-12-06 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 20:19 Disputed
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Summary
Symantec LiveState 7.1 Agent for Windows allows local users to gain privileges by stopping the shstart.exe process and open "Web Self-Service" from the system tray icon, which will open a browser window running with elevated privileges. NOTE: several third-party researchers have noted that administrator privileges may be necessary to terminate shstart.exe. If this is the case, then no privilege escalation occurs, and this is not a vulnerability
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
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Date Public
2006-12-04 00:00
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