Critical severity · published May 29, 2018
CVE-2018-5241
Symantec Advanced Secure Gateway (ASG) 6.6 and 6.7, and ProxySG 6.5, 6.6, and 6.7 are susceptible to a SAML authentication bypass vulnerability
9.8
CVSS
4.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Symantec Advanced Secure Gateway (ASG) 6.6 and 6.7, and ProxySG 6.5, 6.6, and 6.7 are susceptible to a SAML authentication bypass vulnerability. The products can be configured with a SAML authentication realm to authenticate network users in intercepted proxy traffic. When parsing SAML responses, ASG and ProxySG incorrectly handle XML nodes with comments. A remote attacker can modify a valid SAML response without invalidating its cryptographic signature. This may allow the attacker to bypass user authentication security controls in ASG and ProxySG. This vulnerability only affects authentication of network users in intercepted traffic. It does not affect administrator user authentication for the ASG and ProxySG management consoles.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)4.5% · higher than 91% 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; 6.7 · source: NVD
SP
Symantec Proxysg · Broadcom
6.5; 6.6; 6.7 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5241
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-5241
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104282
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040993
Vendor Advisory
https://www.symantec.com/security-center/network-protection-security-advisories/SA167
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