Auth bypass in Symantec Endpoint Protection

CVE-2013-5009

The Management Console in Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) 11.x before 11.0.7.4 and 12.x before 12.1.2 RU2 and Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition 12.x before 12.1.2 RU2 does not properly perform authentication, which allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges by leveraging access to a limited-admin account.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

EPSS: 0.008 (52.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Symantec Endpoint_protection — versions 11.0, 11.0.1, 11.0.2
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-287 — Improper Authentication

References

secure@symantec.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
secure@symantec.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
secure@symantec.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)