CVE-2016-2204
high
CVSS v3
8.2
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
8.2
Description
The management console on Symantec Messaging Gateway (SMG) Appliance devices before 10.6.1 allows local users to obtain root-shell access via crafted terminal-window input.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
78%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| symantec | messaging_gateway | {"endIncluding":"10.6.0"} | |
| symantec | messaging_gateway | 10.6.0 | |
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/86138
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035609
- http://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=&suid=20160418_00
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/86138
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035609
- http://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=&suid=20160418_00
CWEs
CWE-74
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.