PT-2020-18746 · Symantec · Symantec Endpoint Protection+1

Published 2020-05-11 · Updated 2020-06-13 · CVE-2020-5837

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 14.3

Description The issue may allow for a potential elevation of privilege due to the software not respecting file permissions when writing to log files that are replaced by symbolic links.

Recommendations For Symantec Endpoint Protection versions prior to 14.3, update to version 14.3 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

LPE

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

CVE-2020-5837

Affected Products

Symantec Endpoint Protection

Symantec Endpoint Protection Client

References · 7

• 🔥 https://github.com/RedyOpsResearchLabs/SEP-14.2-Arbitrary-Write · Exploit
• https://support.broadcom.com/security-advisory/security-advisory-detail.html?notificationId=SYMSA1762 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-5837 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-5837 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/malwr/3865 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cybersecuritytechnologies/1117 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/freedomf0x/7973 · Telegram Post