Privilege escalation vulnerability in Symantec Endpoint Protection - CVE-2013-5009ID: oval:org.secpod.oval:def:87779 | Date: (C)2023-02-28 (M)2023-02-28 |
Class: VULNERABILITY | Family: windows |
The host is installed with Symantec Endpoint Protection Client 11.x before 11.0.7.4 or 12.x before 12.1.2 (RU2) and is prone to a privilege escalation vulnerability. A flaw is present in the application, which fails to properly validate the authentication of authorized users. Successful exploitation allows an attacker who can access a limited admin account to potentially assume the identification and privileges of any other authorized console user to include full admin.
Platform: |
Microsoft Windows 11 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2022 |
Microsoft Windows 7 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2016 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2019 |
Microsoft Windows 8.1 |
Microsoft Windows 10 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 |
Product: |
Symantec Endpoint Protection |