CVE-2019-12757

high-risk
Published 2019-11-15

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.

Do I need to act?

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0.07% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 7.8/10 High
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (20)

Affected Vendors

Symantec

References (2)

Vendor Advisory https://support.symantec.com/us/en/article.SYMSA1488.html
Vendor Advisory https://support.symantec.com/us/en/article.SYMSA1488.html
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high-risk
Severity 24/34 · High
Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal
Exposure 28/34 · Critical