High severity · published May 11, 2017
CVE-2016-9097
The Symantec Advanced Secure Gateway (ASG) 6.6 prior to 6.6.5.8, ProxySG 6.5 prior 6.5.10.6, ProxySG 6.6 prior to 6.6.5.8, and ProxySG 6.7 prior to 6.7.1.2 management consoles do…
7.2
CVSS
2.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The Symantec Advanced Secure Gateway (ASG) 6.6 prior to 6.6.5.8, ProxySG 6.5 prior 6.5.10.6, ProxySG 6.6 prior to 6.6.5.8, and ProxySG 6.7 prior to 6.7.1.2 management consoles do not, under certain circumstances, correctly authorize administrator users. A malicious administrator with read-only access can exploit this vulnerability to access management console functionality that requires read-write access privileges.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.4% · higher than 84% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AS
Advanced Secure Gateway · Broadcom
6.6; 6.6.3; 6.6.4; 6.6.4.3; 6.6.5.1 · source: NVD
SP
Symantec Proxysg · Broadcom
6.5; 6.5.1; 6.5.2; 6.5.2.10; 6.5.4.1; 6.5.5.7; +18 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9097
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9097
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101530
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039701
Vendor Advisory
https://www.symantec.com/security-center/network-protection-security-advisories/SA146
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