CVE-2020-5822

high-risk
Published 2020-02-11

Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) and Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition (SEP SBE), prior to 14.2 RU2 MP1 and prior to 14.2.5569.2100 respectively, 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.SYMSA1505.html
Vendor Advisory https://support.symantec.com/us/en/article.SYMSA1505.html
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high-risk
Severity 24/34 · High
Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal
Exposure 28/34 · Critical