Symantec Endpoint Protection up to 14.2 RU2 privileges management
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A vulnerability was found in Symantec Endpoint Protection and Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition up to 14.2 RU2 (Anti-Malware Software) and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
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.
The weakness was released 02/03/2020 as SYMSA1505 as confirmed security advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at support.symantec.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2020-5822 since 01/06/2020. An attack has to be approached locally. Required for exploitation is a simple authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.
Upgrading to version 14.2 RU2 MP1 or 14.2.5569.2100 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 149979, 149980, 149982 and 149983.
Product
Type
Vendor
Name
Version
License
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.8VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.7
VulDB Base Score: 7.8
VulDB Temp Score: 7.5
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Vendor Base Score (Symantec): 7.8
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NVD Base Score: 7.8
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CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: Privileges managementCWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
ATT&CK: T1068
Local: Yes
Remote: No
Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: Endpoint Protection/Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition 14.2 RU2 MP1/14.2.5569.2100
Timeline
01/06/2020 🔍02/03/2020 🔍
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02/12/2020 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: symantec.comAdvisory: SYMSA1505
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2020-5822 (🔍)
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Entry
Created: 02/12/2020 07:40Updated: 02/12/2020 07:45
Changes: 02/12/2020 07:40 (53), 02/12/2020 07:45 (19)
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