CVEvulnerability

CVE-2020-5837

7.8 HIGH Published 2020-05-11 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2020-05-11
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.6 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-59

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.

Affected configurations

• symantec endpoint protection (< 14.3)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness

References