Symantec Endpoint Protection up to 14.2 RU1 Password Protection authorization

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Symantec Endpoint Protection up to 14.2 RU1. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown part of the component Password Protection. The manipulation leads to authorization. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2019-12756. An attack has to be approached locally. There is no exploit available. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Symantec Endpoint Protection up to 14.2 RU1 (Anti-Malware Software). This issue affects an unknown code block of the component Password Protection. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authorization vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-863. The product performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action, but it does not correctly perform the check. This allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP), prior to 14.2 RU2 may be susceptible to a password protection bypass vulnerability whereby the secondary layer of password protection could by bypassed for individuals with local administrator rights.

The weakness was shared 11/15/2019 as SYMSA1488 (Website). The advisory is shared at support.symantec.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2019-12756 since 06/06/2019. An attack has to be approached locally. The requirement for exploitation is a simple authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

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

The entries VDB-145828, VDB-145831, VDB-145830 and VDB-145832 are related to this item. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 3.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.2

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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Vendor Base Score (Symantec): 2.3
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Class: Authorization
CWE: CWE-863 / CWE-285 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
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Patch: 14.2 RU2

Timelineinfo

06/06/2019 🔍
11/15/2019 +162 days 🔍
11/16/2019 +1 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: symantec.com

Advisory: SYMSA1488
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2019-12756 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2019-12756
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-145829
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Entryinfo

Created: 11/16/2019 12:10
Updated: 11/16/2019 12:15
Changes: 11/16/2019 12:10 (51), 11/16/2019 12:15 (18)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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