CVE-2020-5837

high

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.

References

https://support.broadcom.com/security-advisory/security-advisory-detail.html?notificationId=SYMSA1762

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2020-05-11

Updated: 2020-05-14

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High