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Symantec Windows LiveUpdate Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Symantec Windows LiveUpdate is reported prone to a local privilege escalation vulnerability. This issue can allow a local unprivileged attacker to gain administrative privileges on a vulnerable computer.

It is reported that this issue only presents itself during an interactive LiveUpdate session. A local attacker may influence the LiveUpdate GUI Internet options configuration functionality in a manner that grants them elevated privileges.

This issue affects Windows LiveUpdate on computers running retail versions of Symantec products and Symantec AntiVirus for Handhelds Corporate Edition v3.0.