cve/2020/CVE-2020-5837.md

### [CVE-2020-5837](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-5837)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Product&message=Symantec%20Endpoint%20Protection&color=blue)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Version&message=n%2Fa&color=blue)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Vulnerability&message=Elevation%20of%20Privilege&color=brighgreen)

### Description

Symantec Endpoint Protection, prior to 14.3, may not respect file permissions when writing to log files that are replaced by symbolic links, which can lead to a potential elevation of privilege.

### POC

#### Reference
No PoCs from references.

#### Github
- https://github.com/0xT11/CVE-POC
- https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon
- https://github.com/RedyOpsResearchLabs/SEP-14.2-Arbitrary-Write
- https://github.com/developer3000S/PoC-in-GitHub
- https://github.com/hectorgie/PoC-in-GitHub
- https://github.com/nomi-sec/PoC-in-GitHub
- https://github.com/soosmile/POC