CVE-2016-9092

The Symantec Content Analysis (CA) 1.3, 2.x prior to 2.2.1.1, and Mail Threat Defense (MTD) 1.1 management consoles are susceptible to a cross-site request forging (CSRF) vulnerability. A remote attacker can use phishing or other social engineering techniques to access the management console with the privileges of an authenticated administrator user.

CVSS v3 8.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 6.8 MEDIUM

8.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

6.8^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104182
https://www.symantec.com/security-center/network-protection-security-advisories/SA149	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104182
https://www.symantec.com/security-center/network-protection-security-advisories/SA149	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:symantec:content_analysis:1.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:symantec:content_analysis:2.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:symantec:mail_threat_defense:1.1:::::::*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2017-05-11 14:30

Updated : 2025-04-20 01:37

NVD link : CVE-2016-9092

Mitre link : CVE-2016-9092

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2016-9092

JSON object : View

Products Affected

symantec

content_analysis
mail_threat_defense

CWE

CWE-352

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

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