CVE-2019-12757

HIGH

Symantec Endpoint Protection < 14.2 RU2 and 12.1 RU6 MP10 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP), prior to 14.2 RU2 & 12.1 RU6 MP10 and Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition (SEP SBE) prior to 12.1 RU6 MP10d (12.1.7510.7002), 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.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0007
EPSS Percentile 21.8%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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