What is CVE-2016-5307?

CVE-2016-5307 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Symantec Endpoint_protection_manager, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2016-06-30.

How severe is CVE-2016-5307?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Symantec Endpoint_protection_manager

CVE-2016-5307

Directory traversal vulnerability in Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager (SEPM) 12.1 before RU6 MP5 allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files in the web-root directory tree via unspecified vectors.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.001 (27.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Symantec Endpoint_protection_manager
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

secure@symantec.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
1036196 (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
91443 (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-5307?: CVE-2016-5307 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Symantec Endpoint_protection_manager, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2016-06-30.
How severe is CVE-2016-5307?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.