CVE-2022-37016 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Symantec Endpoint Protection (Windows) agent 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.

Published: 2022-12-01

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

No analysis available yet.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

Symantec Endpoint Protection

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`14.3 RU5`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:symantec_endpoint_protection:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-39673	Symantec Endpoint Protection (Windows) agent 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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00504.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/21014

History

Thu, 24 Apr 2025 21:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Broadcom Symantec Endpoint Protection

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: symantec

Published: 2022-12-01T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-24T20:27:56.984Z

Reserved: 2022-07-28T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-37016

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T10:21:32.566Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-12-01T14:15:11.913

Modified: 2025-04-24T21:15:17.953

Link: CVE-2022-37016

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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