cvelist/2019/12xxx/CVE-2019-12759.json

{
    "data_type": "CVE",
    "data_format": "MITRE",
    "data_version": "4.0",
    "CVE_data_meta": {
        "ID": "CVE-2019-12759",
        "ASSIGNER": "secure@symantec.com",
        "STATE": "PUBLIC"
    },
    "affects": {
        "vendor": {
            "vendor_data": [
                {
                    "vendor_name": "n/a",
                    "product": {
                        "product_data": [
                            {
                                "product_name": "Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager (SEPM), Symantec Mail Security for MS Exchange (SMSMSE)",
                                "version": {
                                    "version_data": [
                                        {
                                            "version_value": "prior to versions 14.2 RU2, prior to 7.5.x"
                                        }
                                    ]
                                }
                            }
                        ]
                    }
                }
            ]
        }
    },
    "problemtype": {
        "problemtype_data": [
            {
                "description": [
                    {
                        "lang": "eng",
                        "value": "Privilege Escalation"
                    }
                ]
            }
        ]
    },
    "references": {
        "reference_data": [
            {
                "refsource": "MISC",
                "name": "https://support.symantec.com/us/en/article.SYMSA1488.html",
                "url": "https://support.symantec.com/us/en/article.SYMSA1488.html"
            }
        ]
    },
    "description": {
        "description_data": [
            {
                "lang": "eng",
                "value": "Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager (SEPM) and Symantec Mail Security for MS Exchange (SMSMSE), prior to versions 14.2 RU2 and 7.5.x respectively, may be susceptible to a privilege escalation vulnerability, which is a type of issue whereby an attacker may attempt to compromise the software application to gain elevated access to resources that are normally protected from an application or user."
            }
        ]
    }
}