CVE-2025-13918

Local privilege escalation through undisclosed mechanism

Published Jan 28, 2026 · Updated Jan 28, 2026

Privilege escalation in Symantec Endpoint Protection Windows Client 14.3.12154.10000 allows local users to gain elevated access. Broadcom has not published the affected component or the operation that mishandles privileges, so the mechanism is undisclosed. Exploitation requires a local user with high privileges and can compromise protected resources without another user's interaction.

CVSS severity6.7
Medium
EPSS probability0.16%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Privilege escalation in Symantec Endpoint Protection Windows Client 14.3.12154.10000 allows local users to gain elevated access. Broadcom has not published the affected component or the operation that mishandles privileges, so the mechanism is undisclosed. Exploitation requires a local user with high privileges and can compromise protected resources without another user's interaction.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-13918
Published
Jan 28, 2026
Updated
Jan 28, 2026
Vendor
Brocade Communications Systems
Product
Symantec Endpoint Protection Windows Client
Classifications
CWE-269, T1068
Attack vector
local
Privileges
admin

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Jan 28, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Jan 28, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=14.3.12154.10000

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesadmin

What is affected?

Brocade Communications Systems · Symantec Endpoint Protection Windows Clientversion=14.3.12154.10000

Published CVSS scores

6.7Symantec CorporationCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesadmin
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-269Improper Privilege Management
T1068Exploitation for Privilege Escalation

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