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CVE-2006-6308

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2006-12-06 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

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

Affected products

• Symantec Livestate Agent For Windows: 7.1

References

• http://securitytracker.com/id?1017332
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453481/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453551/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453569/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453587/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453653/100/0/threaded
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30728
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1017332
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453481/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453551/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453569/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453587/100/0/threaded

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