FKIE_CVE-2016-9093

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2018-04-16 19:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:55
Severity
7.0 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
A version of the SymEvent Driver that shipped with Symantec Endpoint Protection 12.1 RU6 MP6 and earlier fails to properly sanitize logged-in user input. SEP 14.0 and later are not impacted by this issue. A non-admin user would need to be able to save an executable file to disk and then be able to successfully run that file. If properly constructed, the file could access the driver interface and potentially manipulate certain system calls. On all 32-bit systems and in most cases on 64-bit systems, this will result in a denial of service that will crash the system. In very narrow circumstances, and on 64-bit systems only, this could allow the user to run arbitrary code on the local machine with kernel-level privileges. This could result in a non-privileged user gaining privileged access on the local machine.
References
secure@symantec.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96294Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secure@symantec.comhttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037961Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secure@symantec.comhttps://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=&suid=20170306_00Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96294Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037961Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=&suid=20170306_00Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
symantec endpoint_protection *
symantec endpoint_protection 12.1.6
symantec endpoint_protection 12.1.6
symantec endpoint_protection 12.1.6
symantec endpoint_protection 12.1.6
symantec endpoint_protection 12.1.6
symantec endpoint_protection 12.1.6
symantec endpoint_protection 12.1.6
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