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CVE-2020-5822

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: February 11, 2020 at 05:04 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:22 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorEndpoint Protection

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

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Patch and advisory references

References (1)

x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://support.symantec.com/us/en/article.SYMSA1505.html

CVSS

7.8HIGH[email protected]
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-noinfo

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