CVE-2017-6331

HIGH

Symantec Endpoint Protection <SEP 14 RU1 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm

Description

Prior to SEP 14 RU1 Symantec Endpoint Protection product can encounter an issue of Tamper-Protection Bypass, which is a type of attack that bypasses the real time protection for the application that is run on servers and clients.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED

by hyp3rlinx · clocalwindows

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43134

View Code ZIP pw:eip

References (4)

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101502

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039775

[Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43134/

[Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory] https://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=&suid=20171106_00

Scores

CVSS v3 7.1

EPSS 0.0078

EPSS Percentile 73.8%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Details

Status published

Products (2)

symantec/endpoint_protection < 14.0

Symantec Corporation/Symantec Endpoint Protection Prior to SEP 14 RU1

Published Nov 06, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026