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Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager: Unspecified Security Vulnerability (CVE-2019-12759)

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Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager: Unspecified Security Vulnerability (CVE-2019-12759)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
11/15/2019
Created
12/07/2019
Added
12/06/2019
Modified
08/26/2020

Description

Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager (SEPM) and Symantec Mail Security for MS Exchange (SMSMSE), prior to versions 14.2 RU2 and 7.5.x 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.

Solution(s)

  • symantec-endpoint-protection-manager-upgrade-14_2_5323_2000

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