What is CVE-2019-9695?

CVE-2019-9695 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Norton Core. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2019-03-29.

How severe is CVE-2019-9695?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Norton Core

CVE-2019-9695

Norton Core prior to v278 may be susceptible to an arbitrary code execution issue, which is a type of vulnerability that has the potential of allowing an individual to execute arbitrary commands or code on a target machine or in a target process. Note that this exploit is only possible with direct physical access to the device.

Published 2019-03-29 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (48.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 49th percentile — 48.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000

Affected products

References

support.symantec.com/en_US/article.SYMSA1476.html (Mitigation, Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/107478 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-9695?: CVE-2019-9695 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Norton Core. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2019-03-29.
How severe is CVE-2019-9695?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.