CVE-2014-3437

high
Published 2014-11-07 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
7.5
VIR risk
7.5

Description

The management console in Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager (SEPM) 12.1 before RU5 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files or send TCP requests to intranet servers via XML data containing an external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secure@symantec.com — http://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=&suid=20141105_00

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
symantecendpoint_protection_manager{"endIncluding":"12.1.4"}
symantecendpoint_protection_manager12.1.0
symantecendpoint_protection_manager12.1.1
symantecendpoint_protection_manager12.1.2
symantecendpoint_protection_manager12.1.3

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.