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CVE-2022-25623

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• 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: 2022-03-04 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

The Symantec Management Agent is susceptible to a privilege escalation vulnerability. A low privilege local account can be elevated to the SYSTEM level through registry manipulations.

Affected products

• Symantec Management Agent: 8.5, 8.6

References

• https://support.broadcom.com/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/20366
• https://support.broadcom.com/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/20366

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