CVE-2015-5689

medium
Published 2015-09-20 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
6.8
VIR risk
6.8

Description

ghostexp.exe in Ghost Explorer Utility in Symantec Ghost Solutions Suite (GSS) before 3.0 HF2 12.0.0.8010 and Symantec Deployment Solution (DS) before 7.6 HF4 12.0.0.7045 performs improper sign-extend operations before array-element accesses, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code, cause a denial of service (application crash), or possibly obtain sensitive information via a crafted Ghost image.

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=20150902_00

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
symantecdeployment_solution6.9
symantecghost_solutions_suite1.0
symantecghost_solutions_suite1.1
symantecghost_solutions_suite2.0
symantecghost_solutions_suite2.0.1
symantecghost_solutions_suite2.0.2
symantecghost_solutions_suite2.1

References

CWEs

CWE-119

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