CVE-2006-6308 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Symantec LiveState 7.1 Agent for Windows allows local users to gain privileges by stopping the shstart.exe process and open "Web Self-Service" from the system tray icon, which will open a browser window running with elevated privileges. NOTE: several third-party researchers have noted that administrator privileges may be necessary to terminate shstart.exe. If this is the case, then no privilege escalation occurs, and this is not a vulnerability

Published: 2006-12-06

Score: 4.3 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:symantec:livestate_agent_for_windows:7.1:*:windows:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00101.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017332
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453481/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453551/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453569/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453587/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453653/100/0/threaded
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30728

History

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Subscriptions

Symantec Livestate Agent For Windows

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-12-06T20:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T20:19:35.311Z

Reserved: 2006-12-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-6308

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-12-06T20:28:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2006-6308

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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