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CVE-2017-15527

Published: Nov 20, 2017Updated: May 13, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-22
NVD MITRE
6.8CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
1.1%
Top 38.8%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Workaround Only

Description

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.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:AAC:LPR:HUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:AAttack Vector
Adjacent
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:HPrivileges Required
High
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-22

Affected Products

management consolesymantecSecurity Products
Symantec Management ConsoleSymantec Corporation
Mixed
Security Products / endpoint-av-edr
symanteccommercialUSSecurity Productsaka symantec enterprise security, norton
symantec corporationcommercialUSSecurity Productsaka symantec

Attack Graph

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Exploitability

Workaround Available

MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Collection
Discovery
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References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101743
securityfocus.com
https://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=&suid=20171120_00
symantec.com

Timeline

Published
Nov 20, 2017
Last Updated
May 13, 2026

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