CVE-2018-12242

CVSS V2 High 7.5 CVSS V3 Critical 9.8

Description

The Symantec Messaging Gateway product prior to 10.6.6 may be susceptible to an authentication bypass exploit, which is a type of issue that can allow attackers to potentially circumvent security mechanisms currently in place and gain access to the system or network.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2018-12242

Assigner
secure@symantec.com

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2018-09-19T15:29:19

Last Modified Date
2018-12-08T02:28:19

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-287	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/287.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:messaging_gateway::::::::	1	OR		10.6.6

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
LOW

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL

Integrity Impact
PARTIAL

Availability Impact
PARTIAL

Base Score
7.5

Severity
HIGH

Exploitability Score
10

Impact Score
6.4

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.0

Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
NONE

User Interaction
NONE

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
HIGH

Availability Impact
HIGH

Base Score
9.8

Base Severity
CRITICAL

Exploitability Score
3.9

Impact Score
5.9

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://support.symantec.com/en_US/article.SYMSA1461.html	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105329	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-12242
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-12242

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 17:50:23				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 12:20:52	2018-09-19T15:29Z	2018-09-19T15:29:19	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-03 12:20:52		2018-12-08T02:28:19	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-03 12:20:52		Analyzed	Vulnerability Status	updated