Symantec Endpoint Protection Client < 22.8.0.50 Elevation of Privilege (SYM16-021)

high Nessus Plugin ID 96045

Version 1.4

Jan 7, 2026, 1:59 PM

  • CVSS metrics ("CVSSv2 score" set to 6.9)
  • CVSS metrics ("CVSSv2 vector" set to "CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C")
  • CVSS metrics ("CVSSv3 score" set to 7.8)
  • CVSS metrics ("CVSSv3 vector" set to "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H")
  • CVSSv2 score source (set to "CVE-2016-5311")
  • CVSSv2 severity (based on CVE-2016-5311, severity decreased from "High" to "Medium")

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