CVE-2016-5312

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

53.70% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 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.

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

• www.securityfocus.com93148http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93148vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.symantec.comhttp://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=&suid=20160927_00x_refsource_CONFIRM
• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138891/Symantec-Messaging-Gateway-10.6.1-Directory-Traversal.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• www.securitytracker.com1036908http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036908vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• www.exploit-db.com40437https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40437/exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
• seclists.org20160928 Symantec Messaging Gateway <= 10.6.1 Directory Traversalhttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Sep/71mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC