CVE-2019-12759

7.8 highEPSS 0.5%

Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager (SEPM) and Symantec Mail Security for MS Exchange (SMSMSE), prior to versions 14.2 RU2 and 7.5.x 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.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

7.8 high

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 41% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
Published: 2019-11-15
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

symantec:endpoint_protection_manager
symantec:mail_security

References

https://support.symantec.com/us/en/article.SYMSA1488.html
https://support.symantec.com/us/en/article.SYMSA1488.html

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