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CVE-2019-12759

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2019-11-15 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager (SEPM) and Symantec Mail Security for MS Exchange (SMSMSE), prior to versions 14.2 RU2 and 7.5.x respectively, 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

• Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager (SEPM): through 14.2; 14.2-ru1
• Symantec Mail Security: before 7.5 — fixed in 7.5

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Symantec Mail Security 7.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://support.symantec.com/us/en/article.SYMSA1488.html
• https://support.symantec.com/us/en/article.SYMSA1488.html

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