Symantec Endpoint Protection, prior to 14.3, may not respect file permissions when writing to log files that are replaced by symbolic links, which can lead to a potential elevation of privilege.

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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-26992 Symantec Endpoint Protection, prior to 14.3, may not respect file permissions when writing to log files that are replaced by symbolic links, which can lead to a potential elevation of privilege.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: symantec

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-04T08:39:25.922Z

Reserved: 2020-01-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-5837

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-05-11T20:15:12.417

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:34:40.433

Link: CVE-2020-5837

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