CVE-2026-15380 (GCVE-0-2026-15380)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-17 06:57 – Updated: 2026-07-21 14:12
VLAI
Title
Local privilege escalation in Symantec ITMS
Summary
A non-administrator interactive user can obtain full SYSTEM code execution through a DCOM/task scheduler logic chain — no network access, no memory corruption required (ITMS 8.7.3)
Severity
5.1 (Medium)
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/S:N/AU:Y/R:A/V:C/RE:M/U:Red
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-07-17 10:08 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Broadcom Symantec Management Suite Affected: before SMA_SMP_8_8_PF_v13 and SMA_SMP_8_8_1_PF_v5
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Credits
Dhanush Arvind, Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) Information Security (https://www.linkedin.com/in/dagowda)
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