CVE-2020-5836
mediumpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.004 · 31 %ileEUUSgrimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.37% (31st) EPSS
CVSS 4.4 · medium
Who says so?
3 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd
EPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Symantec Endpoint Protection, prior to 14.3, can potentially reset the ACLs on a file as a limited user while Symantec Endpoint Protection's Tamper Protection feature is disabled.
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cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
7.8
010
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 4.4–7.8
v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9
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weaknesses
The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.
CWE-266USLLM-inferred
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affected products (2)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
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also known as (3)
Other names and identifiers for this entity.
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sources
Which sources assert this record, and when.
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references (7)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://www.nsfocus.net/vulndb/48018cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-5836cnnvd
- https://support.broadcom.com/security-advisory/security-advisory-detail.html?notificationId=SYMSA1762cnnvd
- https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/security-advisories/Symantec-Endpoint-Protection-Security-Update/SYMSA1762Patchcnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Symantec-Endpoint-Protection-privilege-escalation-32235cnnvd
- https://support.broadcom.com/security-advisory/security-advisory-detail.html?notificationId=SYMSA1762enisa_euvd
- https://support.broadcom.com/security-advisory/security-advisory-detail.html?notificationId=SYMSA1762Vendor Advisorynvd
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