CVE-2020-5822

7.8 highEPSS 0.4%

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 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: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 33% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
Published: 2020-02-11
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

symantec:endpoint_protection

References

https://support.symantec.com/us/en/article.SYMSA1505.html
https://support.symantec.com/us/en/article.SYMSA1505.html

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