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Symantec Endpoint Protection: Unspecified Security Vulnerability (CVE-2020-5820)

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Symantec Endpoint Protection: Unspecified Security Vulnerability (CVE-2020-5820)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
02/11/2020
Created
02/20/2020
Added
02/20/2020
Modified
09/01/2021

Description

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 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_5569_2100

References

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