7.8
HIGH
CVE-2019-12757
Symantec Endpoint Protection Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Description

Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP), prior to 14.2 RU2 & 12.1 RU6 MP10 and Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition (SEP SBE) prior to 12.1 RU6 MP10d (12.1.7510.7002), 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.

INFO

Published Date :

Nov. 15, 2019, 6:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Aug. 24, 2020, 5:37 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2019-12757 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2019-12757 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Symantec endpoint_protection
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2019-12757.

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

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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Born at : Dec. 22, 2020, 4:27 p.m. This repo has been linked 20 different CVEs too.

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2019-12757 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2019-12757 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 24, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-269 NVD-CWE-noinfo
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 25, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://support.symantec.com/us/en/article.SYMSA1488.html No Types Assigned https://support.symantec.com/us/en/article.SYMSA1488.html Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-269
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:11.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:11.0:mr1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:11.0:mr2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:11.0:mr3:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:11.0:mr4:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:11.0:mr4-mp1a:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:11.0:mr4-mp2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:11.0:ru5:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:11.0:ru6:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:11.0:ru6-mp1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:11.0:ru6-mp2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:11.0:ru6-mp3:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:11.0:ru6a:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:11.0:ru7:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:11.0:ru7-mp1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:11.0:ru7-mp2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:11.0:ru7-mp3:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:11.0:ru7-mp4:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:11.0:ru7-mp4a:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:12.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:12.1:ru1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:12.1:ru1-p1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:12.1:ru2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:12.1:ru2-mp1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:12.1:ru3:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:12.1:ru4:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:12.1:ru4-mp1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:12.1:ru4-mp1a:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:12.1:ru4-mp1b:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:12.1:ru4a:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:12.1:ru5:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:12.1:ru6:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:12.1:ru6-mp1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:12.1:ru6-mp2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:12.1:ru6-mp3:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:12.1:ru6-mp4:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:12.1:ru6-mp5:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:12.1:ru6-mp6:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:12.1:ru6-mp7:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:12.1:ru6-mp8:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:12.1:ru6-mp9:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:14.0.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:14.0.0:mp1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:14.0.0:mp2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:14.0.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:14.0.1:mp1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:14.0.1:mp2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:14.2:-:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:14.2:mp1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:14.2:ru1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:14.2:ru1_mp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:12.0:rtm:*:*:small_business:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:12.0:ru1:*:*:small_business:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:12.1:-:*:*:small_business:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:12.1:ru1:*:*:small_business:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:12.1:ru1-mp1:*:*:small_business:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:12.1:ru2:*:*:small_business:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:12.1:ru2-mp1:*:*:small_business:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:12.1:ru3:*:*:small_business:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:12.1:ru4:*:*:small_business:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:12.1:ru4-mp1:*:*:small_business:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:12.1:ru4-mp1a:*:*:small_business:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:12.1:ru4-mp1b:*:*:small_business:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:12.1:ru4a:*:*:small_business:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:12.1:ru5:*:*:small_business:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:12.1:ru6:*:*:small_business:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:12.1:ru6_mp1:*:*:small_business:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:12.1:ru6_mp10:*:*:small_business:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:12.1:ru6_mp2:*:*:small_business:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:12.1:ru6_mp3:*:*:small_business:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:12.1:ru6_mp4:*:*:small_business:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:12.1:ru6_mp5:*:*:small_business:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:12.1:ru6_mp6:*:*:small_business:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:12.1:ru6_mp7:*:*:small_business:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:12.1:ru6_mp8:*:*:small_business:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:12.1:ru6_mp9:*:*:small_business:*:*:*
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2019-12757 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2019-12757 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.04 }} 0.00%

score

0.11925

percentile

CVSS31 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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