CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
---|---|---|
6.4 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability was found in Symantec Ghost up to 3.1 MP3. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing of the component DLL Loader. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The bug was discovered 11/15/2016. The weakness was disclosed 11/16/2016 by Himanshu Mehta as confirmed security advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at symantec.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2016-6590 since 08/03/2016. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. Required for exploitation is a single authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.
The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.
Applying the patch 3.1 MP4 is able to eliminate this problem.
Product
Vendor
Name
Version
License
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
VulDB CVSS-B Score: 🔍VulDB CVSS-BT Score: 🔍
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍
CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.4
VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍
NVD Base Score: 7.8
NVD Vector: 🔍
CVSSv2
AV | AC | Au | C | I | A |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
💳 | 💳 | 💳 | 💳 | 💳 | 💳 |
💳 | 💳 | 💳 | 💳 | 💳 | 💳 |
💳 | 💳 | 💳 | 💳 | 💳 | 💳 |
Vector | Complexity | Authentication | Confidentiality | Integrity | Availability |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock |
unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock |
unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock |
VulDB Base Score: 🔍
VulDB Temp Score: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍
NVD Base Score: 🔍
Exploiting
Class: Privileges managementCWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍
Local: Yes
Remote: No
Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined
EPSS Score: 🔍
EPSS Percentile: 🔍
Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔍
0-Day | unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock |
---|---|---|---|---|
Today | unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock |
Threat Intelligence
Interest: 🔍Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍
Countermeasures
Recommended: PatchStatus: 🔍
0-Day Time: 🔍
Patch: 3.1 MP4
Timeline
08/03/2016 🔍11/15/2016 🔍
11/16/2016 🔍
11/16/2016 🔍
11/16/2016 🔍
10/04/2022 🔍
Sources
Vendor: symantec.comAdvisory: symantec.com
Researcher: Himanshu Mehta
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2016-6590 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1037302
SecurityFocus: 94279
Entry
Created: 11/16/2016 15:23Updated: 10/04/2022 08:29
Changes: 11/16/2016 15:23 (46), 06/01/2019 21:50 (2), 10/04/2022 08:27 (3), 10/04/2022 08:29 (18)
Complete: 🔍
No comments yet. Languages: en.
Please log in to comment.