CVE-2017-15527

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-15527
StatePUBLISHED
Assignersymantec
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-11-20 19:29:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-20 01:37:25 UTC
DescriptionPrior to ITMS 8.1 RU4, the Symantec Management Console can be susceptible to a directory traversal exploit, which is a type of attack that can occur when there is insufficient security validation / sanitization of user-supplied input file names, such that characters representing "traverse to parent directory" are passed through to the file APIs.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 6.8 MEDIUM from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.004840000 probability, percentile 0.654350000 (date 2026-05-14)

Problem Types: CWE-22 | Directory Traversal

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary6.8MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary5.2AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Adjacent
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
High
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Adjacent
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Symantec Management Console All ru4 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Symantec Corporation Symantec Management Console affected Prior to ITMS 8.1 RU4 Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Symantec Management Console CVE-2017-15527 Directory Traversal Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Security Advisories Relating to Symantec Products - Symantec Management Console Directory Traversal - 2017-11-20T06:34:05 PST | Symantec af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.symantec.com Issue Tracking, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
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