Authorization Flaw in Symantec Management Consoles
CVE-2016-9097

7.2HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Symantec Corporation

Status
Symantec Advanced Secure Gateway (asg) And Proxysg
Vendor
CVE Published:
11 May 2017

What is CVE-2016-9097?

The vulnerability affects the management consoles of Symantec Advanced Secure Gateway and ProxySG products, wherein under specific circumstances, it fails to correctly authorize administrator users. This flaw allows a malicious administrator with read-only access to exploit the system and gain unauthorized access to functionalities typically reserved for users with write access privileges, potentially compromising system integrity and security.

Affected Version(s)

Symantec Advanced Secure Gateway (ASG) and ProxySG ASG 6.6 prior to 6.6.5.8, ProxySG 6.5 prior to 6.5.10.6, ProxySG 6.6 prior to 6.6.5.8, ProxySG 6.7 prior to 6.7.1.2

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101530
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http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039701
vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://www.symantec.com/security-center/network-protecti...
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.2
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
High
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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