CVE-2016-9092 (GCVE-0-2016-9092)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-05-11 14:01 – Updated: 2024-09-17 03:02
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Summary
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.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • Cross-site request forgery
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Symantec Corporation Content Analysis (CA) Affected: 1.3
Affected: 2.x prior to 2.2.1.1
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Symantec Corporation Mail Threat Defense (MTD) Affected: 1.1
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Date Public
2018-05-17 00:00
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