CVE-2019-9703 Symantec Endpoint Encryption, prior to SEE 11.3.0, may be susceptible to a privilege escalation vulnerability, which is a type of issue that
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Check this codebase for CVE-2019-9703 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2019-9703 is a high-severity vulnerability in Symantec Endpoint Encryption, published on 1 Jul 2019.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-9703 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Symantec Endpoint Encryption. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-9703/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-9703/index.md)
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2019-9703?
CVE-2019-9703 is a high-severity vulnerability in Symantec Endpoint Encryption, published on 1 Jul 2019.
Official description
Symantec Endpoint Encryption, prior to SEE 11.3.0, may be susceptible to a privilege escalation vulnerability, which is a type of issue that allows a user to gain elevated access to resources that are normally protected at lower access levels.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-9703?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Symantec Endpoint Encryption.
How do I fix CVE-2019-9703?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-9703 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2019-9703 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-9703 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Symantec Endpoint Encryption
- CVE-2019-9702 Privilege escalation in Endpoint Encryption
- CVE-2019-9694 Privilege escalation in Symantec Endpoint Encryption
- CVE-2015-8156 Privilege escalation in n/a
- CVE-2017-15526 Null dereference in Symantec Endpoint Encryption
- CVE-2017-13683 Information disclosure in Symantec Endpoint Encryption
Sources
Also known as GHSA-q88f-7j98-jrc4.