CVE-2020-5835 describes a race condition vulnerability in Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager (prior to version 14.3) during client remote deployment. This flaw allows for an elevation of privilege on the remote machine. With a CVSS score of 7.0 (High), exploitation requires local access and high attack complexity, but can lead to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 14.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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