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CVE-2020-5837

Symantec Endpoint Protection, prior to 14.3, may not respect file permissions when writing to log files that are replaced by symbolic links, which can lead to a potential elevation of privilege.

Published

2020-05-11T20:15:12.417

Last Modified

2024-11-21T05:34:40.433

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 7.8 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-59

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	symantec	endpoint_protection	< 14.3	Yes

References

https://support.broadcom.com/security-advisory/security-advisory-detail.html?notificationId=SYMSA1762 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://support.broadcom.com/security-advisory/security-advisory-detail.html?notificationId=SYMSA1762 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)