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TI-2022-09212 Aliases CVE-2022-25623GHSA-x7f7-5cw4-xg93

The Symantec Management Agent is susceptible to a privilege escalation vulnerability.

Priority LOW 34Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00281 20th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
—Symantec Management Agent8.5, 8.6—No fix listedCNA
  • Symantec Management Agent Vendor— Affected 8.5, 8.6 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:management_agent:8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*8.5VulnerableSymantec
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:management_agent:8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*8.6VulnerableSymantec
  • cpe:2.3:a:symantec:management_agent:8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.5 Vulnerable ·Symantec
  • cpe:2.3:a:symantec:management_agent:8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.6 Vulnerable ·Symantec

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-25623
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-x7f7-5cw4-xg93

References

Advisory 1

Sources

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