CVE-2016-2203 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The management console on Symantec Messaging Gateway (SMG) Appliance devices before 10.6.1 allows local users to discover an encrypted AD password by leveraging certain read privileges.

Published: 2016-04-22

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: 29.6% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:symantec:messaging_gateway:10.6.0:patch3::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:symantec:messaging_gateway:10.6.0:patch5::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:symantec:messaging_gateway:10.6.0:patch7::::::

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.29571.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136758/Symantec-Brightmail-10.6.0-7-LDAP-Credential-Grabber.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/86137
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035609
http://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=&suid=20160418_00
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39715/

History

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Subscriptions

Symantec Messaging Gateway

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: symantec

Published: 2016-04-22T18:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T23:24:48.616Z

Reserved: 2016-02-02T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-2203

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-04-22T18:59:05.223

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2016-2203

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-255

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