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7.2high

CVE-2016-9097

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

Published 9 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
7.2
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
2.4%
percentile 84%
Public exploits
0
none known

The Symantec Advanced Secure Gateway (ASG) 6.6 prior to 6.6.5.8, ProxySG 6.5 prior 6.5.10.6, ProxySG 6.6 prior to 6.6.5.8, and ProxySG 6.7 prior to 6.7.1.2 management consoles do not, under certain circumstances, correctly authorize administrator users. A malicious administrator with read-only access can exploit this vulnerability to access management console functionality that requires read-write access privileges.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

2.35% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 84% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.07.2CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD2.08.0AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:C

Affected products

  • Symantec Corporation Symantec Advanced Secure Gateway (ASG) and ProxySG

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

References

  • securityfocus.com /bid/101530 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • securitytracker.com /id/1039701 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
  • symantec.com /security-center/network-protection-security-advisories/SA146 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred

Sources

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