CVE-2018-12243

8.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor
Symantec Corporation
Status
Symantec Messaging Gateway
Vendor
CVE Published:
19 September 2018

Summary

The Symantec Messaging Gateway product prior to 10.6.6 may be susceptible to a XML external entity (XXE) exploit, which is a type of issue where XML input containing a reference to an external entity is processed by a weakly configured XML parser. The attack uses file URI schemes or relative paths in the system identifier to access files that should not normally be accessible.

Affected Version(s)

Symantec Messaging Gateway Prior to 10.6.6

References

https://support.symantec.com/en_US/article.SYMSA1461.html
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105330
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
8.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Adjacent Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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