First published: Fri Nov 15 2019(Updated: )
Symantec Endpoint Protection, prior to 14.2 RU2, 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.
Credit: secure@symantec.com
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
Symantec Endpoint Protection | <=14.2 | |
Symantec Endpoint Protection | =14.2-ru1 |
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CVE-2019-18372 is a privilege escalation vulnerability in Symantec Endpoint Protection prior to 14.2 RU2.
CVE-2019-18372 has a severity value of 7.8, which is considered high.
An attacker can exploit CVE-2019-18372 to gain elevated access to protected resources in Symantec Endpoint Protection.
To fix CVE-2019-18372, update Symantec Endpoint Protection to version 14.2 RU2 or later.
You can find more information about CVE-2019-18372 in the Symantec Security Advisory at the following URL: https://support.symantec.com/us/en/article.SYMSA1488.html