CVE-2017-13679 describes a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability in Symantec Encryption Desktop versions prior to 10.4.1 MP2HF1. This flaw allows remote attackers to disrupt services on an affected machine, rendering it unavailable to legitimate users. Rated as Medium severity with a CVSS score of 4.2, exploitation requires high privileges and an adjacent network attack vector, leading to high availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 10.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:encryption_desktop:*:mp2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.2 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.