CVE-2015-5692

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control

Publication date:

20/09/2015

Last modified:

12/04/2025

Description

admin_messages.php in the management console on Symantec Web Gateway (SWG) appliances with software before 5.2.2 DB 5.0.0.1277 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with a safe extension and content type, and then leveraging an improper Sudo configuration to make this a setuid-root file.

Impact

Vector 2.0

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

Base Score: 7.90 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:M/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): Multiple
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete