Privilege escalation in Broadcom Symantec Management Suite
CVE-2026-15380
A non-administrator interactive user can obtain full SYSTEM code execution through a DCOM/task scheduler logic chain — no network access, no memory corruption required (ITMS 8.7.3)
Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation
EPSS: 0.002 (6.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Broadcom Symantec Management Suite — versions 8.8.1, before SMA_SMP_8_8_PF_v13 and SMA_SMP_8_8_1_PF_v5, 8.7.3
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secure@symantec.com (vendor-advisory)