CVE-2013-5009: Symantec Endpoint Protection

High severity, CVSS 7.4. EPSS: 0.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The Management Console in Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) 11.x before 11.0.7.4 and 12.x before 12.1.2 RU2 and Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition 12.x before 12.1.2 RU2 does not properly perform authentication, which allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges by leveraging access to a limited-admin account.

Affected products

• Symantec Endpoint Protection: up to and including 11.0.7.3; version 11.0 only; version 11.0.1 only; version 11.0.2 only; version 11.0.4 only; version 11.0.3001 only; …

Published 2014-01-10. Last modified 2026-06-16.