Public proof of concept

CVE-2019-12750

A public proof of concept exists; no exploitation attested.

Published2019-07-31
WeaknessCWE-125

Am I affected?

With a domain, we read the version its public headers and pages expose. A distribution build can carry the fix under an older number.

Description

Symantec Endpoint Protection, prior to 14.2 RU1 & 12.1 RU6 MP10 and Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition, prior to 12.1 RU6 MP10c (12.1.7491.7002), 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.

Timeline

dates in UTC

2019-07-3118:15CVE publishedNVD
2026-10-2319:23First public proof of conceptPoC-in-GitHub

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 18:48 UTC

Indicators tagged with this CVE, per day0 indicators over 7 days

Block these indicators

Firewall list (EDL, text): https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2019-12750?format=txt
CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2019-12750?format=csv
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Versions per branch

NVD

Symantec endpoint protection

Branch	Affected	Fixed in	Source
11.0	= 11.0	no fix published	NVD
12.1	= 12.1	no fix published	NVD
14.0	= 14.0.0	no fix published	NVD
14.0	= 14.0.1	no fix published	NVD
14.2	= 14.2	no fix published	NVD
12.0	= 12.0	no fix published	NVD

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Fix

Advisories and patches

support.symantec.comVendor Advisory

Detection

read 2026-10-23 19:23 UTC

Nuclei template: none so far
Exploit-DB: no entry
Proof-of-concept repositories: 1 repository, unverifiedv-p-b/cve-2019-12750

Sources

NVDCVSS 3.07.8read 2026-10-23
NVDCVSS 2.04.6read 2026-10-23
NVDweakness (CWE)CWE-125read 2026-10-23
FIRST EPSSEPSS score1.3 %2026-10-22
PoC-in-GitHubproof of concept1read 2026-10-23

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published: 2019-07-31
Last Modified: 2026-06-17
NVD status: Modified

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-12750?

Is CVE-2019-12750 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2019-12750 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 1.3% on 2026-10-22, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2019-12750?

CVE-2019-12750 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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