Symantec Endpoint Protection up to 14.2 RU2 privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Symantec Endpoint Protection and Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition up to 14.2 RU2. The impacted element is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2020-5822. The attack needs to be performed locally. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

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 VDB-149979, VDB-149980, VDB-149982 and VDB-149983. 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: 7.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.7

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / 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: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Endpoint Protection/Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition 14.2 RU2 MP1/14.2.5569.2100

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01/06/2020 🔍
02/03/2020 +28 days 🔍
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02/12/2020 +9 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: symantec.com

Advisory: SYMSA1505
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2020-5822 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-5822
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-149981
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Entryinfo

Created: 02/12/2020 07:40
Updated: 02/12/2020 07:45
Changes: 02/12/2020 07:40 (53), 02/12/2020 07:45 (19)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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