FKIE_CVE-2019-9698

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2019-05-08 19:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 02:44
Severity
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Summary
Symantec AV Engine, prior to 13.0.9r17, may be susceptible to an arbitrary file deletion issue, which is a type of vulnerability that could allow an attacker to delete files on the resident system without elevated privileges.
References
secure@symantec.comhttps://support.symantec.com/en_US/article.SYMSA1481.htmlVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://support.symantec.com/en_US/article.SYMSA1481.htmlVendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
symantec antivirus_engine *
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          "vendor": "n/a",
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  "id": "CVE-2019-9698",
  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T02:44:11.773",
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