CVE-2020-5822 (GCVE-0-2020-5822)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2020-02-11 17:04
Modified
2024-08-04 08:39
Severity ?
CWE
  • Privilege Escalation
Summary
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.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) and Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition (SEP SBE) Version: Prior to 14.2 RU2 MP1 and prior to 14.2.5569.2100 respectively
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