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    CVE-2018-12243

    The Symantec Messaging Gateway product prior to 10.6.6 may be susceptible to a XML external entity (XXE) exploit, which is a type of issue where XML input containing a reference to an external entity is processed by a weakly configured XML parser. The attack uses file URI schemes or relative paths in the system identifier to access files that should not normally be accessible.

    Published:Sep 19, 2018
    Last Modified:Nov 21, 2024
    EPS:Sep 19, 2018
    EPSS Score:0.00226
    CVSS Score:8.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Symantec
    Product
    Messaging Gateway

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    CAPEC-221 Data Serialization External Entities Blowup

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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
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    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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