CVE-2019-18372
Symantec Endpoint Protection, prior to 14.2 RU2, 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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.8 (v3.1)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H- EPSS score
- 0.4% (33th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2019-8157)
- Published
- November 15, 2019
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2019-8157 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 5, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- symantec / endpoint protection
- symantec / endpoint protection
Certified products that may be affected
2 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.
- Symantec™ Endpoint Protection Version 12.1.2 - Symantec Corporation - Common Criteria 383-4-217 - archived
- Symantec™ Endpoint Protection Version 11.0 - Symantec Corporation - Common Criteria 383-4-84 - archived
References
- https://support.symantec.com/us/en/article.SYMSA1488.html(Vendor Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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