CVE-2019-12759

Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager (SEPM) and Symantec Mail Security for MS Exchange (SMSMSE), prior to versions 14.2 RU2 and 7.5.x 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.

CVSS v3.0 7.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 7.2 HIGH

7.8^/10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

7.2^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

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

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
https://support.symantec.com/us/en/article.SYMSA1488.html	Patch Vendor Advisory

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection_manager::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection_manager:14.2:ru1::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:symantec:mail_security::::::microsoft_exchange::*

Information

Published : 2019-11-15 10:15

Updated : 2020-08-24 10:37

NVD link : CVE-2019-12759

Mitre link : CVE-2019-12759

JSON object : View

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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Products Affected

symantec

mail_security
endpoint_protection_manager

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