CVE-2019-19548 Privilege escalation in Norton Power Eraser
An attacker can exploit a vulnerability in Norton Power Eraser to gain elevated access to protected system resources.
- 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-2019-19548?
CVE-2019-19548 is a high-severity vulnerability in Symantec Norton Power Eraser, published on 14 Jan 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Norton Power Eraser, prior to 5.3.0.67, 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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-19548?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Norton Power Eraser.
How do I fix CVE-2019-19548?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-19548 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2019-19548 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-19548 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-w833-2cr7-vjg2.