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01 Record

CVE-2016-3648

Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager (SEPM) 12.1 before RU6 MP5 allows remote authenticated users to bypass the Authentication Lock protection mechanism, and conduct brute-force password-guessing

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: symantec
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

02 Description

Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager (SEPM) 12.1 before RU6 MP5 allows remote authenticated users to bypass the Authentication Lock protection mechanism, and conduct brute-force password-guessing

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision
Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability
2.33% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 83.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
8.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity
No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2016-06-30 23:00Z10 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-08-06 00:03Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2016-03-23
Assigning CNA
symantec
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Not rated by the issuing CNA
CNA CVSS vector
Not published by the issuing CNA
Weaknesses
  • CWE-200Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized ActorClass
  • CWE-254
Data version
5.1
Document digest
78cb76bd7fe6c3e719a7982cf6275a7cc0bc229dc23adc8fe840f8d7bd47924b

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
symantecendpoint_protection_managerNot specified—

06 References