CVE-2016-9100 Information disclosure in ASG
Local attackers can obtain sensitive authentication credentials from authenticated administrators, potentially leading to account takeover.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2016-9100?
CVE-2016-9100 is a high-severity vulnerability in Symantec Corporation ASG, published on 11 May 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Symantec Advanced Secure Gateway (ASG) 6.6 prior to 6.6.5.13, ASG 6.7 prior to 6.7.3.1, ProxySG 6.5 prior to 6.5.10.6, ProxySG 6.6 prior to 6.6.5.13, and ProxySG 6.7 prior to 6.7.3.1 are susceptible to an information disclosure vulnerability. An attacker with local access to the client host of an authenticated administrator user can, under certain circumstances, obtain sensitive authentication credential information.
Weakness: CWE-255
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-9100?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Broadcom Advanced Secure Gateway, Broadcom Symantec Proxysg.
How do I fix CVE-2016-9100?
No fix has been published for CVE-2016-9100 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2016-9100 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-9100 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Symantec Corporation ASG
- CVE-2023-23952 Command injection in Advanced Secure Gateway, Content Analysis
- CVE-2018-5241 Auth bypass in Advanced Secure Gateway (ASG)
- CVE-2021-46825 Other in Advance Secure Gateway and ProxySG
- CVE-2023-23955 Server-side request forgery in Advanced Secure Gateway, Content Analysis
- CVE-2023-23953 Privilege escalation in Advanced Secure Gateway, Content Analysis
Sources
Also known as GHSA-wp7p-m228-g97j.