CVE-2020-5822

HIGH

Symantec Endpoint Protection <14.2 RU2 MP1 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm

Description

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)

[Vendor Advisory] https://support.symantec.com/us/en/article.SYMSA1505.html

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8

EPSS 0.0007

EPSS Percentile 21.6%

Attack Vector LOCAL

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

Classification

Status published

Affected Products (50)

symantec/endpoint_protection

... and 35 more

Timeline

Published Feb 11, 2020

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026