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CVE-2019-19548

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2020-01-14 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

Norton Power Eraser, prior to 5.3.0.67, 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 Norton Power Eraser: before 5.3.0.67 — fixed in 5.3.0.67

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Symantec Norton Power Eraser 5.3.0.67. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://support.symantec.com/us/en/article.SYMSA1503.html
• https://support.symantec.com/us/en/article.SYMSA1503.html

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