CVE-2025-13918 (GCVE-0-2025-13918)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-28 16:35 – Updated: 2026-01-29 04:55
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Title
Elevation of Privileges in Symantec Endpoint Protection Windows Client
Summary
Symantec Endpoint Protection, prior to 14.3 RU10 Patch 1, RU9 Patch 2, and RU8 Patch 3, may be susceptible to a Elevation of Privilege 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.
Severity ?
6.7 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Broadcom Symantec Endpoint Protection Windows Client Affected: 14.3.12154.10000
Unaffected: 14.3.12167.10000
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Credits
Sandro Poppi
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