CVE-2020-5820
HIGHSymantec Endpoint Protection <14.2 RU2 MP1 - Privilege Escalation
Title source: llmDescription
Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) and Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition (SEP SBE), prior to 14.2 RU2 MP1 and prior to 14.2.5569.2100 respectively, 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
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://support.symantec.com/us/en/article.SYMSA1505.html
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
Feb 11, 2020
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026