Local privilege escalation in Symantec ITMS

published 2026-07-17 3 mo ago modified 2026-10-24 15 d ago also EUVD-2026-45153

cvss: 5.1; version 4.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.2%; EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 6%
public exploits: 0; none known

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)

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 3 mo ago (2026-07-17)

Exploit prediction

0.17% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 6% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	4.0	5.1	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
CNA	4.0	5.1	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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:N/AU:Y/R:A/V:C/RE:M/U:Red

Affected products

Broadcom Symantec Management Suite

Classification

Weakness

CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

References

support.broadcom.com /web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/37995
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2026-15380
NVD CVE-2026-15380

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Summary