CVE-2017-6331 describes a Tamper-Protection Bypass vulnerability in Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) prior to version 14 RU1. This flaw allows an attacker to circumvent SEP's real-time protection mechanisms on affected client and server systems. With a CVSS score of 7.1 (HIGH), this vulnerability has a local attack vector with low complexity, enabling an authenticated attacker to achieve high integrity and availability impacts. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, public exploit code (EDB-43134) exists, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 14.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
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