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Symantec Endpoint Protection: Symantec Endpoint Protection Security Update (CVE-2020-5836)

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Symantec Endpoint Protection: Symantec Endpoint Protection Security Update (CVE-2020-5836)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
05/11/2020
Created
06/04/2020
Added
06/03/2020
Modified
09/01/2021

Description

Symantec Endpoint Protection, prior to 14.3, can potentially reset the ACLs on a file as a limited user while Symantec Endpoint Protection's Tamper Protection feature is disabled.

Solution(s)

  • symantec-endpoint-protection-upgrade-14_3_558_0000

References

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