CVE-2020-5837

Symantec Endpoint Protection, prior to 14.3, may not respect file permissions when writing to log files that are replaced by symbolic links, which can lead to a potential elevation of privilege.

Score

CVSS 3.1 7.8 High

Status

Modified - secure@symantec.com

Published

2020-05-11

Last modified

2024-08-04

Weaknesses

CWE-59

Affected products

• Endpoint Protection (Symantec)

References

• https://support.broadcom.com/security-advisory/security-advisory-detail.html?notificationId=SYMSA1762