CVE-2016-5312

moderate-risk
Published 2017-04-14

Directory traversal vulnerability in the charting component in Symantec Messaging Gateway before 10.6.2 allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the sn parameter to brightmail/servlet/com.ve.kavachart.servlet.ChartStream.

Do I need to act?

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40.0% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 60% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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1 public exploit available
40437
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 6.5/10 Medium
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Symantec

References (12)

Exploit http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138891/Symantec-Messaging-Gateway-10.6.1-Di...
Exploit http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Sep/71
Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93148
Third Party Advisory http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036908
Vendor Advisory http://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=securit...
Exploit https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40437/
Exploit http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138891/Symantec-Messaging-Gateway-10.6.1-Di...
Exploit http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Sep/71
Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93148
Third Party Advisory http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036908
Vendor Advisory http://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=securit...
Exploit https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40437/
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moderate-risk
Severity 24/34 · High
Exploitability 17/34 · Moderate
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal