CVE-2022-37017 - Symantec Endpoint Protection (Windows) agent, prior to 14.3 RU6/14.3 RU5 Patch 1, may be susceptible to a Security Control Bypass vulnerability, which is a type of issue that can potentially allow a threat actor to circumvent existing security controls

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Symantec Endpoint Protection (Windows) agent, prior to 14.3 RU6/14.3 RU5 Patch 1, may be susceptible to a Security Control Bypass vulnerability, which is a type of issue that can potentially allow a threat actor to circumvent existing security controls

Published Dec 1, 2022

7.5

HIGH

CVSS 3.1

EPSS 1.16%

Description

Symantec Endpoint Protection (Windows) agent, prior to 14.3 RU6/14.3 RU5 Patch 1, may be susceptible to a Security Control Bypass vulnerability, which is a type of issue that can potentially allow a threat actor to circumvent existing security controls. This CVE applies narrowly to the Client User Interface Password protection and Policy Import/Export Password protection, if it has been enabled.

Affected products

Vendor n/a Product Symantec Endpoint Protection Default
unknown
Affected
- 14.3 RU5

Default status is the baseline for the product. Each version can override it (patched versions can be marked unaffected).

Vendor	Product	Default status	Versions
n/a	Symantec Endpoint Protection	unknown	Affected 14.3 RU5

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (2)

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2022-39674
Advisory
https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/21014
Permissions RequiredVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2022-39674		Advisory
https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/21014		Permissions RequiredVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner symantec

Published Dec 1, 2022

Updated Apr 24, 2025

Reserved Jul 28, 2022

Link CVE-2022-37017

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated Apr 24, 2025

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2022-37017

Red Hat

No data

ENISA EUVD

Assigner symantec

Published Dec 1, 2022

Updated Apr 24, 2025

Link EUVD-2022-39674

GitHub

No data