CVE-2022-25623 Privilege escalation in Symantec Management Agent
A local attacker can escalate privileges to SYSTEM level via registry manipulation in the Symantec Management Agent.
- 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-2022-25623?
CVE-2022-25623 is a high-severity vulnerability in Symantec Management Agent, published on 4 Mar 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Symantec Management Agent is susceptible to a privilege escalation vulnerability. A low privilege local account can be elevated to the SYSTEM level through registry manipulations.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-25623?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Symantec Management Agent.
How do I fix CVE-2022-25623?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-25623 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2022-25623 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-25623 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-x7f7-5cw4-xg93.