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    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 to brightmail/servlet/com.ve.kavachart.servlet.ChartStream.

    Published:Apr 14, 2017
    Last Modified:Apr 20, 2025
    EPS:Apr 14, 2017
    EPSS Score:0.40029
    CVSS Score:6.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Symantec
    Product
    Messaging Gateway

    Exploits

    http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138891/Symantec-Messaging-Gateway-10.6.1-Directory-Traversal.htmlhttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Sep/71https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40437/http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138891/Symantec-Messaging-Gateway-10.6.1-Directory-Traversal.htmlhttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Sep/71https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40437/https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40437

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    References

    http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138891/Symantec-Messaging-Gateway-10.6.1-Directory-Traversal.html
    http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Sep/71
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93148
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036908
    http://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=&suid=20160927_00
    https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40437/
    http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138891/Symantec-Messaging-Gateway-10.6.1-Directory-Traversal.html
    http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Sep/71
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93148
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036908
    http://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=&suid=20160927_00
    https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40437/

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High