CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-6323
8.0 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-04-16
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 8.0 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.2 MEDIUM — AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-611
Description
The Symantec Management Console prior to ITMS 8.1 RU1, ITMS 8.0_POST_HF6, and ITMS 7.6_POST_HF7 has an issue whereby XML input containing a reference to an external entity is processed by a weakly configured XML parser. This attack may lead to the disclosure of confidential data, denial of service, server side request forgery, port scanning from the perspective of the machine where the parser is located, and other system impacts.
Affected configurations
• symantec management console (< 8.1)
• symantec management console 7.6
• symantec management console 8.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference weakness
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98621 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=&suid=20170628_00 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98621 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=&suid=20170628_00 Vendor Advisory