Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager up to 14.2 path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager up to 14.2. It has been classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. Performing a manipulation results in path traversal. This vulnerability was named CVE-2020-5834. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager up to 14.2 (Anti-Malware Software). It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager, prior to 14.3, may be susceptible to a directory traversal attack that could allow a remote actor to determine the size of files in the directory.

The weakness was presented 05/11/2020 as SYMSA1762 (Website). The advisory is shared at support.broadcom.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2020-5834 since 01/06/2020. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. 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 T1006 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 14.3 eliminates this vulnerability.

See VDB-155012, VDB-155014, VDB-155015 and VDB-155016 for similar entries. 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: 6.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.9

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Vendor Base Score (Symantec): 5.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Path traversal
CWE: CWE-22
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Endpoint Protection Manager 14.3

Timelineinfo

01/06/2020 🔍
05/11/2020 +126 days 🔍
05/12/2020 +1 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: symantec.com

Advisory: SYMSA1762
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2020-5834 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-5834
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-155013
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Entryinfo

Created: 05/12/2020 08:05
Updated: 05/12/2020 08:10
Changes: 05/12/2020 08:05 (51), 05/12/2020 08:10 (18)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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