CVE Catalog

CVE-2016-9100

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Symantec Advanced Secure Gateway (ASG) and ProxySG versions prior to 6.6.5.13, 6.7.3.1, and 6.5.10.6 are susceptible to an information disclosure vulnerability. An attacker with local access to the client host of an authenticated administrator user can obtain sensitive authentication credential information under certain circumstances.

Risk Assessment

Disclosure of credential information may lead to unauthorized access to systems and data, posing a serious security threat to the organization.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update to the latest versions of ASG and ProxySG to mitigate the risk associated with this vulnerability.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

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.

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