CVE-2017-15527
medium
CVSS v3
6.8
CVSS v2
5.2
VIR risk
6.8
Description
Prior to ITMS 8.1 RU4, the Symantec Management Console can be susceptible to a directory traversal exploit, which is a type of attack that can occur when there is insufficient security validation / sanitization of user-supplied input file names, such that characters representing "traverse to parent directory" are passed through to the file APIs.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
67%
Patch ETA
—
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: secure@symantec.com — https://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=&suid=20171120_00
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| symantec | management_console | {"endExcluding":"8.1"} | 8.1 |
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101743
- https://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=&suid=20171120_00
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101743
- https://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=&suid=20171120_00
CWEs
CWE-22
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.