$ cve CVE-2013-5014 JSON

CVE-2013-5014 EXPLOIT

7.5

HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 67.6% (pctl 99)

Patch early

A public exploit exists.

Description

The management console in Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager (SEPM) 11.0 before 11.0.7405.1424 and 12.1 before 12.1.4023.4080, and Symantec Protection Center Small Business Edition 12.x before 12.1.4023.4080, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via XML data containing an external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue.

Scoring

CVSS	7.5 (HIGH, v2.0)
Vector	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS	67.57% — more likely to be exploited than 99% of all CVEs
On CISA KEV	no
Public exploit	yes
Published	2014-02-14
Last modified	2026-06-16

Affected (2)

Vendor	Product
symantec	endpoint protection manager
symantec	protection center

Public exploits

Source	Title	Date
exploit-db	Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager - Remote Command Execution (Metasploit)	2014-02-26
exploit-db	Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager 11.0/12.0/12.1 - Remote Command Execution	2014-02-23

References

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