Symantec LiveState Agent for Windows vulnerability - Local Privilege Escalation

[ss_team <ssteam.pl@xxxxxxxxx>]

hello,

we've found local privilege escalation in Symantec LiveState agent.

PoC:

1. kill shstart.exe process
2. from symantec livestate agent icon in systray choose "Web Self-Service"
3. New browser window will open, it is running with SYSTEM privileges.

tested on fully patched Win XP SP2, Symantec LiveState agent 7.1


Credits: marc & shb


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