CVE-2017-15527 describes a directory traversal vulnerability in Symantec Management Console versions prior to ITMS 8.1 RU4, stemming from insufficient validation of user-supplied filenames. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.8) allows an authenticated attacker on the adjacent network to achieve high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. While no public exploit code or active exploitation has been observed, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 8.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:management_console:*:ru4:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.