Vulnerability in Symantec Advanced Threat Protection
CVE-2016-3645
Integer overflow in the TNEF unpacker in the AntiVirus Decomposer engine in Symantec Advanced Threat Protection (ATP); Symantec Data Center Security:Server (SDCS:S) 6.x through 6.6 MP1; Symantec Web Gateway; Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) before 12.1 RU6 MP5; Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) for Mac; Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) for Linux before 12.1 RU6 MP5; Symantec Protection Engine (SPE) before 7.0.5 HF01, 7.5.x before 7.5.3 HF03, 7.5.4 before HF01, and 7.8.0 before HF01; Symantec Protection for SharePoint Servers (SPSS) 6.0.3 through 6.0.5 before 6.0.5 HF 1.5 and 6.0.6 before HF 1.6; Symantec Mail Security for Microsoft Exchange (SMSMSE) before 7.0_3966002 HF1.1 and 7.5.x before 7.5_3966008 VHF1.2; Symantec Mail Security for Domino (SMSDOM) before 8.0.9 HF1.1 and 8.1.x before 8.1.3 HF1.2; CSAPI before 10.0.4 HF01; Symantec Message Gateway (SMG) before 10.6.1-4; Symantec Message Gateway for Service Providers (SMG-SP) 10.5 before patch 254 and 10.6 before patch 253; Norton AntiVirus, Norton Security, Norton Internet Security, and Norton 360 before NGC 22.7; Norton Security for Mac before 13.0.2; Norton Power Eraser (NPE) before 5.1; and Norton Bootable Removal Tool (NBRT) before 2016.1 allows remote attackers to have an unspecified impact via crafted TNEF data.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.246 (97.8th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 98th percentile — 97.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.246 · newest: 0.246 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Symantec Advanced Threat Protection
- Symantec Csapi
- Symantec Data Center Security Server — versions 6.0, 6.5, 6.6
- Symantec Endpoint Protection — versions 12.1.6
- Symantec Mail Security For Domino
- Symantec Mail Security For Microsoft Exchange — versions 6.5.8
- Symantec Message Gateway
- Symantec Message Gateway For Service Providers — versions 10.5, 10.6
- Symantec Ngc
- Symantec Norton 360
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1036199 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1036198 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp (Vendor Advisory)
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40035/ (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, exploit)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/91439 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2016-3645?
- CVE-2016-3645 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Symantec Advanced Threat Protection, classified under CWE-189. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2016-06-30.
- How severe is CVE-2016-3645?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2016-3645 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.