{ "CVE_data_meta": { "ASSIGNER": "cve@mitre.org", "ID": "CVE-2006-6308", "STATE": "PUBLIC" }, "affects": { "vendor": { "vendor_data": [ { "product": { "product_data": [ { "product_name": "n/a", "version": { "version_data": [ { "version_value": "n/a" } ] } } ] }, "vendor_name": "n/a" } ] } }, "data_format": "MITRE", "data_type": "CVE", "data_version": "4.0", "description": { "description_data": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "** DISPUTED ** 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." } ] }, "problemtype": { "problemtype_data": [ { "description": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "n/a" } ] } ] }, "references": { "reference_data": [ { "name": "20061206 RE: Symantec LiveState Agent for Windows vulnerability - Local Privilege Escalation", "refsource": "BUGTRAQ", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453653/100/0/threaded" }, { "name": "20061205 RE: Symantec LiveState Agent for Windows vulnerability - Local Privilege Escalation", "refsource": "BUGTRAQ", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453551/100/0/threaded" }, { "name": "20061205 Re: Symantec LiveState Agent for Windows vulnerability - Local Privilege Escalation", "refsource": "BUGTRAQ", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453569/100/0/threaded" }, { "name": "1017332", "refsource": "SECTRACK", "url": "http://securitytracker.com/id?1017332" }, { "name": "20061205 Re: Symantec LiveState Agent for Windows vulnerabi", "refsource": "BUGTRAQ", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453587/100/0/threaded" }, { "name": "20061204 Symantec LiveState Agent for Windows vulnerability - Local Privilege Escalation", "refsource": "BUGTRAQ", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453481/100/0/threaded" }, { "name": "symantec-shstart-privilege-escalation(30728)", "refsource": "XF", "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30728" } ] } }