CVE-2025-8660
Privilege Escalation in Symantec PGP Encryption 11.0.1
Privilege escalation occurs when a user gets access to more resources or functionality than they are normally allowed.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- Active
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Privilege Escalation in Symantec PGP Encryption 11.0.1
Privilege escalation occurs when a user gets access to more resources or functionality than they are normally allowed.
- Record
CVE-2025-8660- CVSS 4.0
- 5.6 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:H/UI:A/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - Weakness
- CWE-269
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-24128
Privilege escalation occurs when a user gets access to more resources or functionality than they are normally allowed.
- Record
EUVD-2025-24128- CVSS 4.0
- 5.6 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:H/UI:A/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-7693-45r8-8v4h
Privilege escalation occurs when a user gets access to more resources or functionality than they...
Privilege escalation occurs when a user gets access to more resources or functionality than they are normally allowed.
- Record
GHSA-7693-45r8-8v4h- CVSS 4.0
- 5.6 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:H/UI:A/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-269
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Privilege escalation occurs when a user gets access to more resources or functionality than they are normally allowed.
- Record
CVE-2025-8660- CVSS 4.0
- 5.6 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:H/UI:A/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-269
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-8660 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.6) in Broadcom Symantec Pgp Encryption, published August 11, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.33%, the 26th percentile. No source names a fixed version.