CVE-2016-5312 Path traversal in n/a

What is CVE-2016-5312?

CVE-2016-5312 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 14 Apr 2017. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

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.

Weakness: CWE-22

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-5312?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Symantec Messaging Gateway.

How do I fix CVE-2016-5312?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-5312 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2016-5312 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-5312 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

Other vulnerabilities in n/a

• CVE-2017-6326 Code injection in Messaging Gateway Critical 10.0
• CVE-2018-12242 Auth bypass in Symantec Messaging Gateway Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-12243 XML external entity in Symantec Messaging Gateway High 8.8
• CVE-2016-2204 Command injection in n/a High 8.2
• CVE-2012-3579 Hardcoded credentials in n/a High 7.9

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-6r8q-pc85-r7wp.