Prior to 10.6.4, Symantec Messaging Gateway may be susceptible to a path traversal attack (also known as directory traversal). These types of attacks aim to access files and directories that are stored outside the web root folder. By manipulating variables, it may be possible to access arbitrary files and directories stored on the file system including application source code or configuration and critical system files.
Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-6984 Prior to 10.6.4, Symantec Messaging Gateway may be susceptible to a path traversal attack (also known as directory traversal). These types of attacks aim to access files and directories that are stored outside the web root folder. By manipulating variables, it may be possible to access arbitrary files and directories stored on the file system including application source code or configuration and critical system files.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: symantec

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-16T16:58:19.631Z

Reserved: 2017-10-17T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-15532

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Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-12-20T18:29:00.950

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2017-15532

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