{"id":"CVE-2019-12750","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2019-12750","generatedAt":"2026-10-29T01:57:40.372Z","title":"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…","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.","published":"2019-07-31T18:15:11.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:15:23.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secure@symantec.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-125"],"affected":["symantec/endpoint protection"],"epss":{"score":0.0125,"percentile":0.69232,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"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."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155581/Symantec-Endpoint-Protection-Information-Disclosure-Privilege-Escalation.html","source":"secure@symantec.com"},{"url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Dec/11","source":"secure@symantec.com"},{"url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Dec/21","source":"secure@symantec.com"},{"url":"https://support.symantec.com/us/en/article.SYMSA1487.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"secure@symantec.com"},{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155581/Symantec-Endpoint-Protection-Information-Disclosure-Privilege-Escalation.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Dec/11","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Dec/21","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://support.symantec.com/us/en/article.SYMSA1487.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-12750","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}