CVEvulnerability

CVE-2016-9094

7.8 HIGH Published 2018-04-16 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2018-04-16
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-20

Description

Symantec Endpoint Protection clients place detected malware in quarantine as part of the intended product functionality. The quarantine logs can be exported for review by the user in a variety of formats including .CSV files. Prior to 14.0 MP1 and 12.1 RU6 MP7, the potential exists for file metadata to be interpreted and evaluated as a formula. Successful exploitation of an attack of this type requires considerable direct user-interaction from the user exporting and then opening the log files on the intended target client.

Affected configurations

• symantec endpoint protection (<= 14.0) • symantec endpoint protection 12.1.6

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness

References