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CVE-2006-6308

MEDIUM CVSS: 4.3 Published: 2006-12-06 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

Symantec LiveState 7.1 Agent for Windows allows local users to gain privileges by stopping the shstart.exe process and open "Web Self-Service" from the system tray icon, which will open a browser window running with elevated privileges. NOTE: several third-party researchers have noted that administrator privileges may be necessary to terminate shstart.exe. If this is the case, then no privilege escalation occurs, and this is not a vulnerability

Affected Platforms

Symantec Livestate Agent For Windows

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References