Norton Power Eraser, prior to 5.3.0.67, may be susceptible to a privilege escalation…
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
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Norton Power Eraser, prior to 5.3.0.67, 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 0.00389 33rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Norton Power Eraser (Symantec): 5.3.0.67
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Norton Power Eraser (Symantec) Fixed in 5.3.0.67
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-19548
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-w833-2cr7-vjg2
References
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Sources
- CVE-2019-19548 · CVE Program
- CVE-2019-19548 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-w833-2cr7-vjg2 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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