CVE-2015-8156 Privilege escalation in n/a
Local attackers can gain privileges by placing a malicious executable in the system drive directory due to an unquoted service path.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2015-8156?
CVE-2015-8156 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 14 May 2016. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Unquoted Windows search path vulnerability in EEDService in Symantec Endpoint Encryption (SEE) 11.x before 11.1.1 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse executable file in the %SYSTEMDRIVE% directory, as demonstrated by program.exe.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-8156?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Symantec Endpoint Encryption.
How do I fix CVE-2015-8156?
No fix has been published for CVE-2015-8156 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2015-8156 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-8156 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
- CVE-2019-9702 Privilege escalation in Endpoint Encryption
- CVE-2019-9703 Symantec Endpoint Encryption, prior to SEE 11.3.0, may be susceptible to a privilege escalation vulnerability, which is a type of issue that
- CVE-2019-9694 Privilege escalation in Symantec Endpoint Encryption
- CVE-2017-15526 Null dereference in Symantec Endpoint Encryption
- CVE-2017-13683 Information disclosure in Symantec Endpoint Encryption
Sources
Also known as GHSA-mjpp-qx3w-m6ww.