CVE-2015-8798

high

Published 2016-06-08 · Modified 2026-05-06

CVSS v3

8.0

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2

7.7

VIR risk

8.0

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the Management Server in Symantec Embedded Security: Critical System Protection (SES:CSP) 1.0.x before 1.0 MP5, Embedded Security: Critical System Protection for Controllers and Devices (SES:CSP) 6.5.0 before MP1, Critical System Protection (SCSP) before 5.2.9 MP6, Data Center Security: Server Advanced Server (DCS:SA) 6.x before 6.5 MP1 and 6.6 before MP1, and Data Center Security: Server Advanced Server and Agents (DCS:SA) through 6.6 MP1 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

77%

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=20160607_00

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
broadcom	symantec_critical_system_protection	`{"endIncluding":"5.2.9"}`
broadcom	symantec_data_center_security_server	`6.5.0`
broadcom	symantec_data_center_security_server	`6.6.0`
broadcom	symantec_data_center_security_server_and_agents	`{"endIncluding":"6.6.0"}`

References

CWEs

CWE-22

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