CVE-2020-5837
Published May 11, 2020
Last updated 5 years ago
Overview
- Description
- Symantec Endpoint Protection, prior to 14.3, may not respect file permissions when writing to log files that are replaced by symbolic links, which can lead to a potential elevation of privilege.
- Source
- secure@symantec.com
- NVD status
- Analyzed
Risk scores
CVSS 3.1
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 7.8
- Impact score
- 5.9
- Exploitability score
- 1.8
- Vector string
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Severity
- HIGH
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 4.6
- Impact score
- 6.4
- Exploitability score
- 3.9
- Vector string
- AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
- nvd@nist.gov
- CWE-59
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
Configurations
[
{
"nodes": [
{
"negate": false,
"cpeMatch": [
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "A9BD7B93-C5F6-4FA1-B450-E54B62F01C5D",
"versionEndExcluding": "14.3"
}
],
"operator": "OR"
}
]
}
]