Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Symantec Endpoint Protection and Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition - CVE-2020-5825

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Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Symantec Endpoint Protection and Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition - CVE-2020-5825

Published: February 13, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU25325
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-5825
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Broadcom
Affected software:
Symantec Endpoint Protection
Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to missing authentication in the "AvHostPlugin.dll" module. A local user can overwrite existing files on the resident system without proper privileges and cause a denial of service condition on the target system.


How to mitigate CVE-2020-5825

Install updates from vendor's website.

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