CVE-2019-18372 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in Symantec Endpoint Protection versions prior to 14.2 RU2, allowing an attacker to gain elevated access to protected system resources. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires local user privileges, but can lead to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 14.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
14.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:14.2:ru1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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