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CVE-2020-5825

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 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 an arbitrary file write vulnerability, which is a type of issue whereby an attacker is able to overwrite existing files on the resident system without proper privileges.

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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