CVE-2005-2759

high

Description

** SPLIT ** The jlucaller program in LiveUpdate for Symantec Norton AntiVirus 9.0.3 on Macintosh runs setuid when executing Java programs, which allows local users to gain privileges. NOTE: due to a CNA error, this candidate was also originally assigned to an issue in DiskMountNotify. Use CVE-2005-3270 for the DiskMountNotify issue, and CVE-2005-2759 for the LiveUpdate issue.

References

http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2005.10.19a.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15142

http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=324&type=vulnerabilities

http://securitytracker.com/id?1015083

http://secunia.com/advisories/17268

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2005-10-20

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00058