CVE-2013-5011 Path traversal in n/a
Local attackers can escalate privileges by placing a malicious executable in the system drive root due to unquoted search paths in the Symantec Endpoint Protection client.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2013-5011?
CVE-2013-5011 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Symantec Endpoint Protection, published on 10 Jan 2014. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Unquoted Windows search path vulnerability in the client in Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) 11.x before 11.0.7.4 and 12.x before 12.1.2 RU2 and Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition 12.x before 12.1.2 RU2 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted program in the %SYSTEMDRIVE% directory.
Weakness: CWE-22
Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-5011?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Symantec Endpoint Protection.
How do I fix CVE-2013-5011?
No fix has been published for CVE-2013-5011 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2013-5011 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-5011 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Symantec Endpoint Protection
- CVE-2012-0295 Code injection in n/a
- CVE-2018-5237 Privilege escalation in Symantec Endpoint Protection
- CVE-2020-5836 Privilege escalation in Symantec Endpoint Protection
- CVE-2020-5837 Path traversal in Symantec Endpoint Protection
- CVE-2020-5820 Privilege escalation in Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) and Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition (SEP SBE)
Sources
Also known as GHSA-px7w-6p2f-6x8x.