CVE-2020-5835 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager, prior to 14.3, has a race condition in client remote deployment which may result in an elevation of privilege on the remote machine.

Published: 2020-05-11

Score: 7.0 High

EPSS: < 1% Very 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-2020-26990	Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager, prior to 14.3, has a race condition in client remote deployment which may result in an elevation of privilege on the remote machine.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00303.

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: 2020-05-11T19:22:58.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T08:39:25.933Z

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

Link: CVE-2020-5835

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-05-11T20:15:12.273

Modified: 2026-06-17T03:22:18.563

Link: CVE-2020-5835

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-362
Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

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