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Symantec Endpoint Protection: Symantec Endpoint Protection Privilege Escalation (CVE-2019-12750)

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Symantec Endpoint Protection: Symantec Endpoint Protection Privilege Escalation (CVE-2019-12750)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
07/31/2019
Created
11/22/2019
Added
11/19/2019
Modified
09/01/2021

Description

Symantec Endpoint Protection, prior to 14.2 RU1 & 12.1 RU6 MP10 and Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition, prior to 12.1 RU6 MP10c (12.1.7491.7002), 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.

Solution(s)

  • symantec-endpoint-protection-upgrade-14_2_3332_1000

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