High severity · published Nov 6, 2017
CVE-2017-6331
Prior to SEP 14 RU1 Symantec Endpoint Protection product can encounter an issue of Tamper-Protection Bypass, which is a type of attack that bypasses the real time protection for…
7.1
CVSS
1.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Prior to SEP 14 RU1 Symantec Endpoint Protection product can encounter an issue of Tamper-Protection Bypass, which is a type of attack that bypasses the real time protection for the application that is run on servers and clients.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.7% · higher than 77% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
EP
Endpoint Protection · Symantec
before 14.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6331
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-6331
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101502
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039775
Exploit
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43134/
Issue Tracking
https://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=&suid=20171106_00
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