CVEvulnerability

CVE-2017-15532

5.7 MEDIUM Published 2017-12-20 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2017-12-20
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
5.7 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.5 MEDIUM — AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-22

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.

Affected configurations

• symantec messaging gateway (< 10.6.4)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory weakness

References