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CVE-2020-5839

Symantec Endpoint Detection And Response, prior to 4.4, may be susceptible to an information...

7.5 HighPublic exploit

Symantec Endpoint Detection And Response, prior to 4.4, may be susceptible to an information disclosure issue, which is a type of vulnerability that could potentially allow unauthorized access to data.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

Exploit likelihood

2.01%Up 1.6 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.5

Symantec Endpoint Detection And Response, prior to 4.4, may be susceptible to an information disclosure issue, which is a type of vulnerability that could potentially allow unauthorized access to data.

Record
CVE-2020-5839
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.0
5.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

Symantec Endpoint Detection And Response, prior to 4.4, may be susceptible to an information disclosure issue, which is a type of vulnerability that could potentially allow unauthorized access to data.

Record
CVE-2020-5839
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-26994 No score

Symantec Endpoint Detection And Response, prior to 4.4, may be susceptible to an information disclosure issue, which is a type of vulnerability that could potentially allow unauthorized access to data.

Record
EUVD-2020-26994
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-8wr6-8hq7-r22h No score

Symantec Endpoint Detection And Response, prior to 4.4, may be susceptible to an information...

Symantec Endpoint Detection And Response, prior to 4.4, may be susceptible to an information disclosure issue, which is a type of vulnerability that could potentially allow unauthorized access to data.

Record
GHSA-8wr6-8hq7-r22h
Weakness
CWE-200
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Public exploits

Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.

Public exploits
SourceLinkDate
PoC in GitHubnasbench/CVE-2020-58392021-04-03

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, PoC in GitHub

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In short

CVE-2020-5839 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Symantec Endpoint Detection And Response, published July 8, 2020. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.01%, the 81st percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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