CVE-2023-23958: Symantec Protection Engine, prior to 9.1.0, may be susceptible to a Hash Leak vulnerability

Medium severity · published Sep 27, 2023

CVE-2023-23958

Symantec Protection Engine, prior to 9.1.0, may be susceptible to a Hash Leak vulnerability

6.5

CVSS

0.6%

EPSS

On KEV

Description

Symantec Protection Engine, prior to 9.1.0, may be susceptible to a Hash Leak vulnerability.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/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)0.6% · higher than 50% of CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet

CISA KEVNot listed

Ransomware campaign useNot known

Affected products

Which versions

Protection Engine · Symantec

before 9.1.0 · source: NVD

Affected product

Protection Engine

Symantec

All Protection Engine CVEs

References

NVD

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-23958

CVE.org

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-23958

Mitigation

https://support.broadcom.com/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/22599