{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-5240 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2018-5240 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2018-5240 is a high-severity vulnerability in Inventory Plugin for Symantec Management Agent, published on 25 Jul 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2018-5240 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2018-5240 is a high-severity vulnerability in Inventory Plugin for Symantec Management Agent, published on 25 Jul 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-5240 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Inventory Plugin for Symantec Management Agent. 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-2018-5240/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-5240/index.md)","id":"CVE-2018-5240","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-5240/index.md","name":"CVE-2018-5240","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-g7fp-c8p5-c8h7"],"analysis":{"component_type":"server_software","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["privilege_escalation"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Symantec Management Agent","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"Attackers can exploit the Inventory Plugin to gain elevated access to protected resources within the Symantec Management Agent environment.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"privilege_escalation"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"symantec","cpe":[{"product":"inventory","vendor":"symantec"}],"cvss":{"score":8,"severity":"high","source":"nvd","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.0"},"cwes":[],"description":"The Inventory Plugin for Symantec Management Agent prior to 7.6 POST HF7, 8.0 POST HF6, or 8.1 RU7 may be susceptible to a privilege escalation vulnerability, which is a type of issue that allows a user to gain elevated access to resources that are normally protected at lower access levels.","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 Inventory Plugin for Symantec Management Agent","id":"CVE-2018-5240","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"privilege_escalation","year":"2018"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":3,"next":{"headline":"Auth bypass in Advanced Secure Gateway (ASG)","id":"CVE-2018-5241"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Security feature bypass in Norton App Lock","id":"CVE-2018-5239"},"products":["Inventory Plugin for Symantec Management Agent"],"published":"2018-07-25","related":[],"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":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-09-16","vendors":["Symantec Corporation"]},"summary":"Attackers can exploit the Inventory Plugin to gain elevated access to protected resources within the Symantec Management Agent environment.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-5240/"}