Symantec Endpoint Protection clients place detected malware in quarantine as part of the intended product functionality. The quarantine logs can be exported for review by the user in a variety of formats including .CSV files. Prior to 14.0 MP1 and 12.1 RU6 MP7, the potential exists for file metadata to be interpreted and evaluated as a formula. Successful exploitation of an attack of this type requires considerable direct user-interaction from the user exporting and then opening the log files on the intended target client.
Prior to SEP 14 RU1 Symantec Endpoint Protection product can encounter an issue of Tamper-Protection Bypass, which is a type of attack that bypasses the real time protection for the application that is run on servers and clients.
The management console in Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) 11.0 before RU7-MP3 and 12.1 before RU2, and Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition 12.x before 12.1 RU2, does not properly validate input for PHP scripts, which allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.
Directory traversal vulnerability in the Manager service in the management console in Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) 12.1 before 12.1 RU1-MP1 allows remote attackers to delete files via unspecified vectors.
The Manager service in the management console in Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) 12.1 before 12.1 RU1-MP1 allows remote attackers to conduct file-insertion attacks and execute arbitrary code by leveraging exploitation of CVE-2012-0294.