01 Record
CVE-2016-5312
Directory traversal vulnerability in the charting component in Symantec Messaging Gateway before 10.6.2 allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the sn parameter
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: symantec
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in the charting component in Symantec Messaging Gateway before 10.6.2 allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the sn parameter
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
- 53.98% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 98.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 6.5 (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:N/A:N
- 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
- 2017-04-14 18:00Z9 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 01:00Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2016-06-06
- Assigning CNA
- symantec
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 659e6996b0bb8f8f7646e171c834a51ef2f0d6cf22b2cb4b451a830550b953f6
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com93148http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93148
- www.symantec.comhttp://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=&suid=20160927_00
- packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138891/Symantec-Messaging-Gateway-10.6.1-Directory-Traversal.html
- www.securitytracker.com1036908http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036908
- www.exploit-db.com40437https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40437/
- seclists.org20160928 Symantec Messaging Gateway <= 10.6.1 Directory Traversalhttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Sep/71