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GHSA-WVV9-X8PF-57JQ

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-01 07:36 – Updated: 2022-05-01 07:36

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** DISPUTED ** 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.

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

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2006-12-06 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 20:19 Disputed

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

Assigner

mitre

References

7 references

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http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453653/100…	mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453551/100…	mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453569/100…	mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017332	vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453587/100…	mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453481/100…	mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit…	vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Date Public

2006-12-04 00:00

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

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