What is CVE-2015-4523?

CVE-2015-4523 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Symantec Malware Analysis Appliance, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 9.3/10. Published 2017-09-11.

How severe is CVE-2015-4523?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Symantec Malware Analysis Appliance

CVE-2015-4523

Blue Coat Malware Analysis Appliance (MAA) before 4.2.5 and Malware Analyzer G2 allow remote attackers to bypass a virtual machine protection mechanism and consequently write to arbitrary files, cause a denial of service (host reboot or reset to factory defaults), or execute arbitrary code via vectors related to saving files during analysis.

EPSS: 0.043 (90.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.3 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-264

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-4523?: CVE-2015-4523 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Symantec Malware Analysis Appliance, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 9.3/10. Published 2017-09-11.
How severe is CVE-2015-4523?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.3 out of 10.