CVE-2026-3991
HIGHDescription
Symantec Data Loss Prevention Windows Endpoint, prior to 25.1 MP1, 16.1 MP2, 16.0 RU2 HF9, 16.0 RU1 MP1 HF12, and 16.0 MP2 HF15, may be susceptible to a Elevation of Privilege vulnerability, which is a type of issue whereby an attacker may attempt to compromise the software application to gain elevated access to resources that are normally protected from an application or user.
How to fix
No published remediation has been found for this vulnerability's affected products yet.
Mitigation guidance may be in the linked vendor advisories in the References section below.
CVSS v3 Vector
Exploitability
Impact
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploit Intelligence
Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 6% of all known CVEs.
References
Related Vulnerabilities
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2018-17246 | Critical | 9.8 | 82% | - | Fix |
| CVE-2024-5762 | High | 8.1 | 72% | - | - |
| CVE-2018-7422 | High | 7.5 | 63% | - | - |
| CVE-2023-2249 | High | 8.8 | 61% | - | - |
| CVE-2025-32463 | Critical | 9.3 | 47% | KEV | Fix |
| CVE-2024-38476 | Critical | 9.8 | 42% | - | Fix |
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