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High severity · published Nov 15, 2019
CVE-2019-12757
Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP), prior to 14.2 RU2 & 12.1 RU6 MP10 and Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition (SEP SBE) prior to 12.1 RU6 MP10d (12.1.7510.7002),…
7.8
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP), prior to 14.2 RU2 & 12.1 RU6 MP10 and Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition (SEP SBE) prior to 12.1 RU6 MP10d (12.1.7510.7002), 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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 34% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
EP
Endpoint Protection · Symantec
11.0; 11.0; 11.0; 11.0; 11.0; 11.0; +34 more · source: NVD
Affected product
EP
Endpoint Protection
Symantec
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-12757
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-12757
Vendor Advisory
https://support.symantec.com/us/en/article.SYMSA1488.html
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