CVE-2022-37016: Broadcom Symantec Endpoint Protection

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. EPSS: 0.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Symantec Endpoint Protection (Windows) agent 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.

Affected products

• Broadcom Symantec Endpoint Protection: up to and including 14.3.5

Published 2022-12-01. Last modified 2026-06-17.