CVE-2020-5837
Symantec Endpoint Protection Symbolic Link Write Privilege Escalation
Description
Symantec Endpoint Protection, prior to 14.3, may not respect file permissions when writing to log files that are replaced by symbolic links, which can lead to a potential elevation of privilege.
INFO
Published Date :
May 11, 2020, 8:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
May 14, 2020, 7:20 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
5.9
Exploitability Score :
1.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github
CVE-2020-5837 has a 5 public PoC/Exploit available at Github.
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Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2020-5837
vulnerability.
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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-2020-5837.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://support.broadcom.com/security-advisory/security-advisory-detail.html?notificationId=SYMSA1762 | Vendor Advisory |
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CVE-2020-5837 vulnerability over time.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
May. 14, 2020
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.broadcom.com/security-advisory/security-advisory-detail.html?notificationId=SYMSA1762 No Types Assigned https://support.broadcom.com/security-advisory/security-advisory-detail.html?notificationId=SYMSA1762 Vendor Advisory Added CWE NIST CWE-59 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 14.3
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2020-5837 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-2020-5837
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