CVE-2022-25631

Symantec Endpoint Protection, prior to 14.3 RU6 (14.3.9210.6000), 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

CVSS v3 7.8 HIGH

7.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://support.broadcom.com/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/21165	Vendor Advisory
https://support.broadcom.com/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/21165	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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

History

03 Apr 2025, 18:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CWE		CWE-269

Information

Published : 2023-01-20 17:15

Updated : 2025-04-03 18:15

NVD link : CVE-2022-25631

Mitre link : CVE-2022-25631

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2022-25631

JSON object : View

Products Affected

broadcom

symantec_endpoint_protection

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo CWE-269

Improper Privilege Management

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