High severity · published May 11, 2020
CVE-2020-5836
Symantec Endpoint Protection, prior to 14.3, can potentially reset the ACLs on a file as a limited user while Symantec Endpoint Protection's Tamper Protection feature is disabled
7.8
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Symantec Endpoint Protection, prior to 14.3, can potentially reset the ACLs on a file as a limited user while Symantec Endpoint Protection's Tamper Protection feature is disabled.
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 31% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
EP
Endpoint Protection · Symantec
before 14.3 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-5836
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-5836
Vendor Advisory
https://support.broadcom.com/security-advisory/security-advisory-detail.html?notificationId=SYMSA1762
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