CVE-2020-5834 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager, prior to 14.3, may be susceptible to a directory traversal attack that could allow a remote actor to determine the size of files in the directory.

Published: 2020-05-11

Score: 5.3 Medium

EPSS: 1.7% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`Prior to 14.3`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2020-26989	Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager, prior to 14.3, may be susceptible to a directory traversal attack that could allow a remote actor to determine the size of files in the directory.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0165.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

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

History

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Subscriptions

Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: symantec

Published: 2020-05-11T19:19:56.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T08:39:25.781Z

Reserved: 2020-01-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-5834

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-05-11T20:15:12.227

Modified: 2026-06-17T03:22:18.467

Link: CVE-2020-5834

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-22
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

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