CVE-2017-15532

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-22 Path Traversal

Publication date:

20/12/2017

Last modified:

20/04/2025

Description

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.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.70 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Adjacent
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None

Base Score 3.x

5.70

Severity 3.x

MEDIUM

Vector 2.0

AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.50 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Adjacent
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): Single
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None