CVE-2017-15527 Path traversal in Symantec Management Console
Attackers can exploit insufficient input validation to traverse directories and read arbitrary files on the Symantec Management Console server.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2017-15527?
CVE-2017-15527 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Symantec Management Console, published on 20 Nov 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-22
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-15527?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Symantec Management Console.
How do I fix CVE-2017-15527?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-15527 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-2017-15527 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-15527 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Symantec Management Console
Sources
Also known as GHSA-5vc6-rv77-8xmg.