A Privilege Escalation vulnerability exists in Symantec Norton Antivirus, Norton AntiVirus with Backup, Norton Security, Norton Security with Backup, Norton Internet Security, Norton 360, Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition Cloud, and Endpoint Protection Cloud Client due to a DLL-preloading without path restrictions, which could let a local malicious user obtain system privileges
Published Jan 9, 2020
7.8
HIGHCVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.71%
Description
A Privilege Escalation vulnerability exists in Symantec Norton Antivirus, Norton AntiVirus with Backup, Norton Security, Norton Security with Backup, Norton Internet Security, Norton 360, Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition Cloud, and Endpoint Protection Cloud Client due to a DLL-preloading without path restrictions, which could let a local malicious user obtain system privileges.
Affected products
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- Version before 22.7StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version before 22.8.0.50StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Symantec | n/a | n/a |
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- < 22.8.0.50
- < 22.8.0.50
- < 22.7
- < 22.7
- < 22.7
- < 22.7
- < 22.7
- < 22.7
- < 22.7
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.71% (0.00714) | 51.96th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.71% (0.00714) | 48.67th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.29% (0.00289) | 50.23th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.18% (0.00177) | 56.18th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 2, 2024 | 0.18% (0.00178) | 55.10th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 8, 2023 | 0.20% (0.00200) | 57.20th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.22% (0.00220) | 58.30th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 40.69th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 38.88th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 36.86th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 19.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (5)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94295 x_refsource_MISCThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037323 x_refsource_MISCThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037324 x_refsource_MISCThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037325 x_refsource_MISCThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=&suid=20161117_00 x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94295 | x_refsource_MISCThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037323 | x_refsource_MISCThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037324 | x_refsource_MISCThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037325 | x_refsource_MISCThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| https://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=&suid=20161117_00 | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory |
Change history (0)
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