Symantec Endpoint Encryption up to 11.2.1 access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Symantec Endpoint Encryption up to 11.2.1. It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in access control. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2019-9694. The attack is only possible with local access. There is not any exploit available. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Symantec Endpoint Encryption up to 11.2.1. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-264. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Symantec Endpoint Encryption prior to SEE 11.2.1 MP1 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 bug was discovered 03/27/2019. The weakness was released 04/10/2019 (Website). The advisory is shared at support.symantec.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2019-9694 since 03/11/2019. The exploitability is told to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 14 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

Applying the patch 11.2.1 MP1 is able to eliminate this problem.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Recommended: Patch
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Patch: 11.2.1 MP1

Timelineinfo

03/11/2019 🔍
03/27/2019 +16 days 🔍
04/10/2019 +14 days 🔍
04/11/2019 +1 days 🔍
05/29/2020 +414 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: symantec.com

Advisory: support.symantec.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2019-9694 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2019-9694
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-133341

Entryinfo

Created: 04/11/2019 10:21
Updated: 05/29/2020 09:19
Changes: 04/11/2019 10:21 (56), 05/29/2020 09:19 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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