CVE-2017-15532

CVSS V2 Medium 5.5 CVSS V3 Medium 5.7
Description
Prior to 10.6.4, Symantec Messaging Gateway may be susceptible to a path traversal attack (also known as directory traversal). These types of attacks aim to access files and directories that are stored outside the web root folder. By manipulating variables, it may be possible to access arbitrary files and directories stored on the file system including application source code or configuration and critical system files.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2017-15532
  • Assigner
  • secure@symantec.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2017-12-20T18:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2018-01-05T19:43:25
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-22 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/22.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:messaging_gateway:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 10.6.4
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • ADJACENT_NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • SINGLE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 5.5
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 5.1
  • Impact Score
  • 6.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • Attack Vector
  • ADJACENT_NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 5.7
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.1
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=&suid=20171220_00 Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102096 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15532
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-15532
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 18:51:23 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 00:14:49 2017-12-20T18:29Z 2017-12-20T18:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 00:14:49 2018-01-05T19:43:25 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 00:14:49 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated