Local privilege escalation to administrative control
Published Jun 10, 2026 · Updated Jun 10, 2026
Local privilege escalation in Symantec Endpoint Protection CleanWipe before 16.0.0.65 allows local users to gain administrative control. Broadcom has not published the affected code path or the operation that executes with unnecessary privileges. A local user must already have privileged access and induce an active action under an additional condition; success grants administrative control over the host.
Summary
What happened
Local privilege escalation in Symantec Endpoint Protection CleanWipe before 16.0.0.65 allows local users to gain administrative control. Broadcom has not published the affected code path or the operation that executes with unnecessary privileges. A local user must already have privileged access and induce an active action under an additional condition; success grants administrative control over the host.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-11626
- Published
- Jun 10, 2026
- Updated
- Jun 10, 2026
- Vendor
- Brocade Communications Systems
- Product
- Symantec Endpoint Protection CleanWipe Removal Tool
- Classifications
- CWE-250, CAPEC-233, T1068
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- admin
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jun 10, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jun 10, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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