CVE-2020-5822 Privilege escalation in Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) and Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition (SEP SBE)
Attackers can exploit this vulnerability in Symantec Endpoint Protection 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-2020-5822?
CVE-2020-5822 is a high-severity vulnerability in Symantec Endpoint Protection, published on 11 Feb 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) and Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition (SEP SBE), prior to 14.2 RU2 MP1 and prior to 14.2.5569.2100 respectively, 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-2020-5822?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Symantec Endpoint Protection.
How do I fix CVE-2020-5822?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-5822 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2020-5822 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-5822 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-4fcv-7chp-hhc5.