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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

2018-09-19T15:29:19.217

Last Modified

2024-11-21T03:44:50.910

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 8.8 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

  • Access Vector: ADJACENT_NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: LOW
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact: PARTIAL
Exploitability Score

6.5

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-611
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application symantec messaging_gateway < 10.6.6 Yes
References