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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:May 11, 2020
    Last Modified:Nov 21, 2024
    EPS:May 11, 2020
    EPSS Score:0.0177
    CVSS Score:7.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Symantec
    Product
    Endpoint Protection

    Exploits

    https://github.com/RedyOpsResearchLabs/SEP-14.2-Arbitrary-Write

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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High