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Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager: CVE-2015-1487: SEPM Arbitrary File Write

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Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager: CVE-2015-1487: SEPM Arbitrary File Write

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P)
Published
07/31/2015
Created
07/25/2018
Added
04/25/2017
Modified
04/25/2017

Description

The management console in Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager (SEPM) 12.1 before 12.1-RU6-MP1 allows remote authenticated users to write to arbitrary files, and consequently obtain administrator privileges, via a crafted filename.

Solution(s)

  • endpoint_protection_manager-cve-2015-1487

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