High severity · published May 11, 2020
CVE-2020-5835
Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager, prior to 14.3, has a race condition in client remote deployment which may result in an elevation of privilege on the remote machine
7.0
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager, prior to 14.3, has a race condition in client remote deployment which may result in an elevation of privilege on the remote machine.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
High
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 24% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
EP
Endpoint Protection Manager · Symantec
before 14.3 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-5835
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-5835
Vendor Advisory
https://support.broadcom.com/security-advisory/security-advisory-detail.html?notificationId=SYMSA1762
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