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Symantec Endpoint Protection: CVE-2017-13680: Arbitrary File Deletion

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Symantec Endpoint Protection: CVE-2017-13680: Arbitrary File Deletion

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P)
Published
11/06/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
04/27/2018
Modified
05/04/2018

Description

The Symantec Endpoint Protection Windows endpoint can encounter a situation whereby an attacker could use the product’s UI to perform unauthorized file deletes on the resident file system.

Solution(s)

  • endpoint_protection-upgrade-latest

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