CVE-2018-12243

CVSS V2 Medium 5.8 CVSS V3 High 8.8
Description
The Symantec Messaging Gateway product prior to 10.6.6 may be susceptible to a XML external entity (XXE) exploit, which is a type of issue where XML input containing a reference to an external entity is processed by a weakly configured XML parser. The attack uses file URI schemes or relative paths in the system identifier to access files that should not normally be accessible.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2018-12243
  • Assigner
  • secure@symantec.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2018-09-19T15:29:19
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2018-12-08T02:31:16
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-611 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/611.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:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • ADJACENT_NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 5.8
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 6.5
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • ADJACENT_NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 8.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://support.symantec.com/en_US/article.SYMSA1461.html Mitigation Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105330 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-12243
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-12243
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:50:23 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 12:20:55 2018-09-19T15:29Z 2018-09-19T15:29:19 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 12:20:55 2018-12-08T02:31:16 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 12:20:55 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated