Symantec Endpoint Protection, prior to 14.2 RU2, 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
Published Nov 15, 2019
7.8
HIGHCVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.40%
Description
Symantec Endpoint Protection, prior to 14.2 RU2, 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.
Affected products
- Vendor n/a Product Symantec Endpoint Protection Defaultn/a
- Version prior to 14.2 RU2StatusaffectedConstraints-
- 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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | Symantec Endpoint Protection | n/a |
|
- ≤ 14.2
- 14.2
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:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:L/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 2, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Table of values (15 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 0.40% (0.00401) | 31.96th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 20, 2026 | 0.40% (0.00401) | 34.11th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.07% (0.00065) | 29.08th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 13, 2024 | 0.07% (0.00065) | 27.99th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 12, 2024 | 0.08% (0.00081) | 33.98th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 10, 2024 | 0.06% (0.00057) | 21.04th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 25, 2024 | 0.07% (0.00070) | 28.93th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 25, 2023 | 0.06% (0.00064) | 26.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 9, 2023 | 0.05% (0.00049) | 15.30th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 22, 2023 | 0.06% (0.00055) | 21.09th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.05% (0.00049) | 15.44th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 27.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 1.84% (0.01840) | 47.32th | v1 |
| Jan 5, 2022 | 0.42% (0.00416) | 26.65th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 0.42% (0.00416) | 0.00th | v1 |
No CWE recorded.
References (1)
- https://support.symantec.com/us/en/article.SYMSA1488.html x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://support.symantec.com/us/en/article.SYMSA1488.html | x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.