Symantec Endpoint Protection Client < 14.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities (SYMSA1762)

high Nessus Plugin ID 136619

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Synopsis

The version of Symantec Endpoint Protection Client installed on the remote host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The version of Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) Client installed on the remote host is prior to 14.3. It is therefore affected by the following vulnerabilities:

- An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists. An authenticated, local attacker can exploit this by resetting ACLs on a file as a limited user while the tamper feature is disabled, to gain elevated privileges. (CVE-2020-5836)

- An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists. An authenticated, local attacker can exploit this by by writing to log files that are replaced by symbolic links to gain elevated privileges. (CVE-2020-5837)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Symantec Endpoint Protection Client version 14.3 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 136619

File Name: symantec_endpoint_prot_client_sym_17-062.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 5/15/2020

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-5837

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:symantec:endpoint_protection

Required KB Items: Antivirus/SAVCE/version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/11/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/11/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-5836, CVE-2020-5837

IAVA: 2020-A-0210

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