Description
Symantec Endpoint Protection, prior to 14.2 RU1 & 12.1 RU6 MP10 and Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition, prior to 12.1 RU6 MP10c (12.1.7491.7002), may be susceptible to a privilege escalation vulnerability, which is a type of issue whereby an attacker may attempt to compromise the software application to gain elevated access to resources that are normally protected from an application or user.
Exploits (1)
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://support.symantec.com/us/en/article.SYMSA1487.html
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155581/Symantec-Endpoint-Protection-Information-Disclosure-Privilege-Escalation.html
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_fulldisc
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Dec/11
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_fulldisc
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Dec/21
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.0146
EPSS Percentile
81.0%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-125
Status
published
Products (6)
symantec/endpoint_protection
11.0 (19 CPE variants)
symantec/endpoint_protection
12.1 (22 CPE variants)
symantec/endpoint_protection
14.0.0 (3 CPE variants)
symantec/endpoint_protection
14.0.1 (3 CPE variants)
symantec/endpoint_protection
14.2 (2 CPE variants)
symantec/endpoint_protection
12.0 rtm
Published
Jul 31, 2019
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026