CVE-2015-8801

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Published 2016-06-30 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
2.9
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS v2
3.3
VIR risk
2.9

Description

Race condition in the client in Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) 12.1 before RU6 MP5 allows local users to bypass intended restrictions on USB file transfer by conducting filesystem operations before the SEP device manager recognizes a new USB device.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
30%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secure@symantec.com — https://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=&suid=20160628_01

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
symantecendpoint_protection_manager{"endIncluding":"12.1.6"}

References

CWEs

CWE-254 CWE-284

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