CVE-2015-8798 is a directory traversal vulnerability in the Management Server component of several Symantec Embedded Security and Critical System Protection products, including various versions of SES:CSP, SCSP, and DCS:SA. This flaw allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code through unspecified vectors. With a CVSS v3.1 score of 8.0 (High), exploitation requires network access and low privileges, but can lead to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 5.2.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:symantec_critical_system_protection:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:symantec_data_center_security_server:6.5.0:*:*:*:advanced:*:*:* | ||
6.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:symantec_data_center_security_server:6.6.0:*:*:*:advanced:*:*:* | ||
<= 6.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:symantec_data_center_security_server_and_agents:*:*:*:*:advanced:*:*:* | ||
<= 1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:broadcom:symantec_embedded_security_critical_system_protection:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.