CVE Catalog

CVE-2016-9097

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

The management consoles of Symantec Advanced Secure Gateway (ASG) and ProxySG in versions prior to 6.6.5.8, 6.5 prior to 6.5.10.6, and 6.7 prior to 6.7.1.2 do not correctly authorize administrator users under certain circumstances. A malicious administrator with read-only access can exploit this vulnerability to access management console functionality that requires read-write access privileges.

Risk Assessment

The organization may be exposed to unauthorized access to critical management functions, potentially leading to serious security breaches.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update to the latest version of the software to mitigate this vulnerability and review administrator permissions within the system.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

The Symantec Advanced Secure Gateway (ASG) 6.6 prior to 6.6.5.8, ProxySG 6.5 prior 6.5.10.6, ProxySG 6.6 prior to 6.6.5.8, and ProxySG 6.7 prior to 6.7.1.2 management consoles do not, under certain circumstances, correctly authorize administrator users. A malicious administrator with read-only access can exploit this vulnerability to access management console functionality that requires read-write access privileges.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS