CVE-2019-12756
Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP), prior to 14.2 RU2 may be susceptible to a password protection bypass vulnerability whereby the secondary layer of password protection could by bypassed for individuals with local administrator rights.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.30%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP), prior to 14.2 RU2 may be susceptible to a password protection bypass vulnerability whereby the secondary layer of password protection could by bypassed for individuals with local administrator rights.
- CVSS 3.1
- 2.3 LOWCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.30% probability · 23th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- symantec/endpoint protection
- Source
- secure@symantec.com
EPSS 0.3% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://support.symantec.com/us/en/article.SYMSA1488.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.symantec.com/us/en/article.SYMSA1488.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.