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UK Cyber Defence
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

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.