CVE-2013-5014

high

Published 2014-02-14 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

8.5

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-31917 remote windows verified

Metasploit · 2014-02-26

Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager - Remote Command Execution (Metasploit)

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

EDB-31853 remote windows verified

Chris Graham · 2014-02-23

Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager 11.0/12.0/12.1 - Remote Command Execution

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

Metasploit modules

exploit_windows/antivirus/symantec_endpoint_manager_rce rank 600

Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager /servlet/ConsoleServlet Remote Command Execution

Source fetch failed: fetch_error — view the original via the link above.

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
symantec	endpoint_protection_manager	`11.0`
symantec	endpoint_protection_manager	`12.1.0`
symantec	endpoint_protection_manager	`12.1.1`
symantec	endpoint_protection_manager	`12.1.2`
symantec	endpoint_protection_manager	`12.1.3`
symantec	protection_center	`12.0`

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.