{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 4 products.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-6590 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2016-6590 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2016-6590 is a high-severity vulnerability in Symantec Encryption Desktop, published on 8 Jan 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2016-6590 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2016-6590 is a high-severity vulnerability in Symantec Encryption Desktop, published on 8 Jan 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-6590 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Symantec Encryption Desktop. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-6590/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-6590/index.md)","id":"CVE-2016-6590","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-6590/index.md","name":"CVE-2016-6590","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-7j42-ggv7-2p5p"],"analysis":{"component_type":"desktop_application","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["code_execution","privilege_escalation"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Symantec security suite","requires_auth":"none","summary":"Local attackers can escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code via DLL loading during boot in Symantec security suites.","user_interaction":"required","vuln_class":"privilege_escalation"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"symantec","cpe":[{"product":"encryption_desktop","vendor":"symantec"},{"product":"endpoint_encryption","vendor":"symantec"},{"product":"ghost_solution_suite","vendor":"symantec"},{"product":"it_management_suite","vendor":"symantec"}],"cvss":{"score":7.8,"severity":"high","source":"nvd","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-269","name":"Improper Privilege Management"}],"description":"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.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Privilege escalation in Encryption Desktop","id":"CVE-2016-6590","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"privilege_escalation","year":"2016"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":3,"next":{"headline":"Security feature bypass in Norton App Lock","id":"CVE-2016-6591"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Denial of service in IT Management Suite","id":"CVE-2016-6589"},"products":["Encryption Desktop","Ghost Solution Suite","IT Management Suite","Symantec Endpoint Virtualization"],"published":"2020-01-08","related":[{"cvss_score":6.9,"headline":"Integer overflow in n/a","id":"CVE-2012-4351","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2013-02-18"},{"cvss_score":6.8,"headline":"Privilege escalation in n/a","id":"CVE-2013-1610","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2013-08-04"},{"cvss_score":6.5,"headline":"Denial of service in Symantec Encryption Desktop","id":"CVE-2017-6330","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2017-09-13"},{"cvss_score":5.7,"headline":"Information disclosure in Symantec Encryption Desktop","id":"CVE-2017-13682","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2017-10-23"},{"cvss_score":5,"headline":"Denial of service in n/a","id":"CVE-2014-3436","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2014-08-22"},{"cvss_score":4.4,"headline":"Memory corruption in n/a","id":"CVE-2012-6533","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2013-02-18"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-08-06","vendors":["Symantec"]},"summary":"Local attackers can escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code via DLL loading during boot in Symantec security suites.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-6590/"}