VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2022-25623
The Symantec Management Agent is susceptible to a privilege escalation vulnerability.
HIGH 7.8EPSS 0.28%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.28%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The Symantec Management Agent is susceptible to a privilege escalation vulnerability. A low privilege local account can be elevated to the SYSTEM level through registry manipulations.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.28% probability · 21th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- symantec/management agent
- Source
- secure@symantec.com
References
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.