Vulnerability · Published Feb 11, 2020 · Assigned by symantec

CVE-2020-5824

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) and Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition (SEP SBE). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 27% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 72.9% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) and Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition (SEP SBE), prior to 14.2 RU2 MP1 and prior to 14.2.5569.2100 respectively, may be susceptible to a denial of service vulnerability, which is a type of issue whereby a threat actor attempts to tie up the resources of a resident application, thereby making certain functions unavailable.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) and Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition (SEP SBE)	Prior to 14.2 RU2 MP1 and prior to 14.2.5569.2100 respectively

References

https://support.symantec.com/us/en/article.SYMSA1505.html x_refsource_MISC