CVE-2015-8156

high

Published 2016-05-14 · Modified 2026-05-06

CVSS v3

7.8

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2

7.2

VIR risk

7.8

Description

Unquoted Windows search path vulnerability in EEDService in Symantec Endpoint Encryption (SEE) 11.x before 11.1.1 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse executable file in the %SYSTEMDRIVE% directory, as demonstrated by program.exe.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

75%

Patch ETA

—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secure@symantec.com — http://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&suid=20160506_00

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
symantec	endpoint_encryption	`11.0`
symantec	endpoint_encryption	`11.0.0`
symantec	endpoint_encryption	`11.0.1`

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90050
http://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&suid=20160506_00
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90050
http://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&suid=20160506_00

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.