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.

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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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.045 (91.1th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 91st percentile — 91.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2015-4523: held from 0.045 to 0.045.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.045 · newest: 0.045 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

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.