CVE-2018-5237

Symantec Endpoint Protection prior to 14 RU1 MP1 or 12.1 RU6 MP10 could 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.

CVSS v3 8.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 6.5 MEDIUM

8.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

6.5^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 8.0 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104199	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041180	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://support.symantec.com/en_US/article.SYMSA1454.html	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:12.1:ru6mp10::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:14.0:ru1mp1::::::

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2018-06-20 16:29

Updated : 2024-02-28 16:25

NVD link : CVE-2018-5237

Mitre link : CVE-2018-5237

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2018-5237

JSON object : View

Products Affected

symantec

endpoint_protection

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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