CVE-2020-12593 — Symantec Endpoint Detection & Response, prior to 4

Symantec Endpoint Detection & Response, prior to 4.5, may be susceptible to an information disclosure issue, which is a type of vulnerability that could potentially allow unauthorized access to data.

01What is this vulnerability?

Symantec Endpoint Detection & Response, prior to 4.5, may be susceptible to an information disclosure issue, which is a type of vulnerability that could potentially allow unauthorized access to data.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / Symantec Endpoint Detection & Response (SEDR)	Prior to 4.5

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2020-11-18T22:40:41.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-04T11:56:52.115Z

09References

• support.broadcom.com — https://support.broadcom.com/security-advisory/content/security-advisories/Syman…