CVE-2026-11626 (GCVE-0-2026-11626)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-10 18:47 – Updated: 2026-06-12 03:55
VLAI
Title
Local Privilege Escalation in Symantec Endpoint Protection macOS CleanWipe Removal Tool
Summary
CleanWipe Removal Tool (macOS), prior to 16.0.0.65, may be susceptible to an Local Privilege Escalation vulnerability, which is a type of issue whereby an attacker with limited privilege access on an affected system can escalate their privileges to gain administrative control.
Severity
5.4 (Medium)
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-250 - Execution with unnecessary privileges
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Credits
Kun Peeks (@SwayZGl1tZyyy)
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