CVE-2019-12756

LOW

Symantec Endpoint Protection <14.2 RU2 - Auth Bypass

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP), prior to 14.2 RU2 may be susceptible to a password protection bypass vulnerability whereby the secondary layer of password protection could by bypassed for individuals with local administrator rights.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://support.symantec.com/us/en/article.SYMSA1488.html

Scores

CVSS v3 2.3
EPSS 0.0007
EPSS Percentile 20.4%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Details

Status published
Products (5)
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 (3 CPE variants)
Published Nov 15, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026