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CVE-2020-5825

MEDIUM

5.5

CVSS Score

Published: February 11, 2020 at 05:07 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:22 AM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorEndpoint Protection

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Severity

MEDIUM5.5

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 an arbitrary file write vulnerability, which is a type of issue whereby an attacker is able to overwrite existing files on the resident system without proper privileges.

Affected

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

Endpoint Protection · Symantec

95%

v < 14.211.0 11.0 mr1 11.0 mr2 11.0 mr3 11.0 mr4 11.0 mr4-mp1a 11.0 mr4-mp2 11.0 ru5 11.0 ru6 11.0 ru6-mp1 11.0 ru6-mp2 11.0 ru6-mp3 11.0 ru6a 11.0 ru7 11.0 ru7-mp1 11.0 ru7-mp2 11.0 ru7-mp3 11.0 ru7-mp4 11.0 ru7-mp4a 12.0 rtm 12.0 ru1 12.1 12.1 ru1 12.1 ru1-mp1 12.1 ru1-p1 12.1 ru2 12.1 ru2-mp1 12.1 ru3 12.1 ru4 12.1 ru4-mp1 12.1 ru4-mp1a 12.1 ru4-mp1b 12.1 ru4a 12.1 ru5 12.1 ru6 12.1 ru6-mp1 12.1 ru6-mp2 12.1 ru6-mp3 12.1 ru6-mp4 12.1 ru6-mp5 12.1 ru6-mp6 12.1 ru6-mp7 12.1 ru6-mp8 12.1 ru6-mp912.1 ru6_mp112.1 ru6_mp1012.1 ru6_mp212.1 ru6_mp312.1 ru6_mp412.1 ru6_mp512.1 ru6_mp612.1 ru6_mp712.1 ru6_mp812.1 ru6_mp914.0.0 14.0.0 mp1 14.0.0 mp2 14.0.1 14.0.1 mp1 14.0.1 mp2 14.2 14.2 mp1 14.2 ru1 14.2 ru1_mp1 14.2 ru2

Affected range stops below 14.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

https://support.symantec.com/us/en/article.SYMSA1505.html

References (1)

x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://support.symantec.com/us/en/article.SYMSA1505.html

CVSS

5.5MEDIUM[email protected]

Attack Vector: LOCAL
Complexity: LOW
Privileges: LOW
User Interaction: NONE
Scope: UNCHANGED
Confidentiality: NONE
Integrity: HIGH
Availability: NONE

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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