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CVE-2020-5823

• 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: 2020-02-11 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) and Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition (SEP SBE), prior to 14.2 RU2 MP1 and prior to 14.2.5569.2100 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: 11.0, 11.0-mr1, 11.0-mr2, 11.0-mr3, 11.0-mr4, 11.0-mr4-mp1a (+59)

References

• https://support.symantec.com/us/en/article.SYMSA1505.html
• https://support.symantec.com/us/en/article.SYMSA1505.html

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