Medium severity · published Apr 14, 2017
CVE-2016-5312
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
6.5
CVSS
54%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)54.0% · higher than 99% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MG
Messaging Gateway · Symantec
through 10.6.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5312
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5312
Exploit
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138891/Symantec-Messaging-Gateway-10.6.1-Directory-Traversal.html
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=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=&suid=20160927_00
Exploit
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40437/
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