Prior to ITMS 8.1 RU4, the Symantec Management Console can be susceptible to a directory traversal exploit, which is a type of attack that can occur when there is insufficient security validation / sanitization of user-supplied input file names, such that characters representing "traverse to parent directory" are passed through to the file APIs.
Published 2017-11-20 19:29:00
Updated 2017-12-12 17:51:19
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Vulnerability category: Directory traversal

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2017-15527

Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days: 0.04%

Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less: ~ 11 % EPSS Score History EPSS FAQ

CVSS scores for CVE-2017-15527

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source
5.2
MEDIUM AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
5.1
6.4
NIST
6.8
MEDIUM CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
0.9
5.9
NIST

CWE ids for CVE-2017-15527

  • The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.
    Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

References for CVE-2017-15527

Products affected by CVE-2017-15527

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