PT-2019-12925 · Symantec · Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition+2

Published 2019-11-15 · Updated 2020-08-24 · CVE-2019-12757

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Symantec Endpoint Protection versions prior to 14.2 RU2 Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition versions prior to 12.1 RU6 MP10d (12.1.7510.7002) Symantec Endpoint Protection versions 12.1 RU6 MP10 and earlier

Description The issue is a privilege escalation problem, where an attacker may try to compromise the software to gain elevated access to protected resources.

Recommendations For Symantec Endpoint Protection versions prior to 14.2 RU2, update to version 14.2 RU2 or later. For Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition versions prior to 12.1 RU6 MP10d (12.1.7510.7002), update to version 12.1 RU6 MP10d (12.1.7510.7002) or later. For Symantec Endpoint Protection versions 12.1 RU6 MP10 and earlier, update to a version later than 12.1 RU6 MP10.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2019-12757

Affected Products

Symantec Endpoint Protection

Symantec Endpoint Protection Client

Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition

References · 3

• https://support.symantec.com/us/en/article.SYMSA1488.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-12757 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-12757 · Security Note