fkie_cve-2017-15532
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2017-12-20 18:29
Modified
2025-04-20 01:37
Severity ?
5.7 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Summary
Prior to 10.6.4, Symantec Messaging Gateway may be susceptible to a path traversal attack (also known as directory traversal). These types of attacks aim to access files and directories that are stored outside the web root folder. By manipulating variables, it may be possible to access arbitrary files and directories stored on the file system including application source code or configuration and critical system files.
References
secure@symantec.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102096Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secure@symantec.comhttps://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=&suid=20171220_00Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102096Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=&suid=20171220_00Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
symantec messaging_gateway *


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  "id": "CVE-2017-15532",
  "lastModified": "2025-04-20T01:37:25.860",
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