CVE-2019-12750
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…
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High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.25%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.25% probability · 68th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-125
- Affected
- symantec/endpoint protection
- Source
- secure@symantec.com
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155581/Symantec-Endpoint-Protection-Information-Disclosure-Privilege-Escalation.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Dec/11
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Dec/21
- https://support.symantec.com/us/en/article.SYMSA1487.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155581/Symantec-Endpoint-Protection-Information-Disclosure-Privilege-Escalation.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Dec/11
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Dec/21
- https://support.symantec.com/us/en/article.SYMSA1487.htmlVendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.