CVE-2018-12243

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Summary

CVECVE-2018-12243
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-09-19 15:29:00 UTC
Updated2018-12-08 02:31:00 UTC
DescriptionThe Symantec Messaging Gateway product prior to 10.6.6 may be susceptible to a XML external entity (XXE) exploit, which is a type of issue where XML input containing a reference to an external entity is processed by a weakly configured XML parser. The attack uses file URI schemes or relative paths in the system identifier to access files that should not normally be accessible.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-611

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Symantec Messaging Gateway All All All All
Application Symantec Messaging Gateway All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Symantec Messaging Gateway Multiple Issues CONFIRM support.symantec.com Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
Symantec Messaging Gateway CVE-2018-12243 XML External Entity Injection Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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