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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2020.0150 SYMSA1503-Norton Power Eraser Privilege Escalation 16 January 2020 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: Norton Power Eraser Publisher: Symantec Operating System: Windows Impact/Access: Increased Privileges -- Existing Account Resolution: Patch/Upgrade CVE Names: CVE-2019-19548 Original Bulletin: http://support.symantec.com/us/en/article.SYMSA1503.html - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- Norton Power Eraser Privilege Escalation SYMSA1503 Last Updated January 14, 2020 Initial Publication Date January 06, 2020 o Status: Closed o Severity: Medium o CVSS Base Score: 5.3 Summary Affected Products +-------------------------------------------------------+ |Norton Power Eraser | +---------------+-------------------+-------------------+ |CVE |Affected Version(s)|Remediation | +---------------+-------------------+-------------------+ |CVE-2019-19548|Prior to 5.3.0.67 |Upgrade to 5.3.0.67| +---------------+-------------------+-------------------+ Issues +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |CVE-2019-19548 | +------------+----------------------------------------------------------------+ |Severity/ |Medium / 4.8 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L | |CVSSv3: | | +------------+----------------------------------------------------------------+ |References: |Security Focus: BID 111414 / NVD: CVE-2019-19548 | | | | |Impact: |Privilege Escalation | +------------+----------------------------------------------------------------+ | |Norton Power Eraser, prior to 5.3.0.67, may be susceptible to a | | |privilege escalation vulnerability, which is a type of issue | |Description:|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. | +------------+----------------------------------------------------------------+ Mitigation A Norton Power Eraser update, version 5.3.0.67, has been made available to address this issue. The latest Norton Power Eraser downloads are available to customers via the Norton Support portal. At this time, there is no evidence of any attempts at this exploit in the wild. Acknowledgements o CVE-2019-19548: Eran Shimony <@EranShimony> of CyberArk Labs - --------------------------END INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- You have received this e-mail bulletin as a result of your organisation's registration with AusCERT. The mailing list you are subscribed to is maintained within your organisation, so if you do not wish to continue receiving these bulletins you should contact your local IT manager. If you do not know who that is, please send an email to auscert@auscert.org.au and we will forward your request to the appropriate person. NOTE: Third Party Rights This security bulletin is provided as a service to AusCERT's members. As AusCERT did not write the document quoted above, AusCERT has had no control over its content. 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