CVE-2020-5825

moderate-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 an arbitrary file write vulnerability, which is a type of issue whereby an attacker is able to overwrite existing files on the resident system without proper privileges.

Do I need to act?

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0.09% 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 5.5/10 Medium
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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moderate-risk
Severity 18/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal
Exposure 28/34 · Critical