Symantec Endpoint Protection, prior to 14.2 RU2, may be susceptible to a privilege…
Priority LOW 34Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
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.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00401 34th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Symantec Endpoint Protection | prior to 14.2 RU2 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Symantec Endpoint Protection Vendor— Affected prior to 14.2 RU2 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-18372
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-gx24-7ppm-wgpq
References
More Symantec Endpoint Protection vulnerabilities
- TI-2009-01353 The Intel LANDesk Common Base Agent (CBA) in Symantec Alert Management System 2 (AMS2)… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
- TI-2009-01354 Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in IAO.EXE in the Intel Alert Originator Service in… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
- TI-2016-02020 The AntiVirus Decomposer engine in Symantec Advanced Threat Protection (ATP); Symantec… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.8
- TI-2012-01284 The ZIP file parser in AhnLab V3 Internet Security 2011.01.18.00, AVG Anti-Virus… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.3
- TI-2012-01283 The Gzip file parser in AVG Anti-Virus 10.0.0.1190, Bitdefender 7.2, Command Antivirus… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.3
- TI-2012-01281 The TAR file parser in AhnLab V3 Internet Security 2011.01.18.00, Avira AntiVir… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.3
Sources
- CVE-2019-18372 · CVE Program
- CVE-2019-18372 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-gx24-7ppm-wgpq · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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