A vulnerability has been found in Symantec Endpoint Protection up to 14.2 RU1 (Anti-Malware Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function of the component Digital Signature Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Symantec Endpoint Protection, prior to 14.2 RU2, may be susceptible to an unsigned code execution vulnerability, which may allow an individual to execute code without a resident proper digital signature.

The weakness was released 11/15/2019 as SYMSA1488 as confirmed security advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at support.symantec.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2019-12758 since 06/06/2019. Attacking locally is a requirement. The exploitation needs additional levels of successful authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

Applying the patch 14.2 RU2 is able to eliminate this problem.

Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 145828, 145829, 145830 and 145832.

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• Anti-Malware Software

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• Symantec

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• Endpoint Protection

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• 14.2 RU1

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• commercial

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