CVE-2016-2203 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting Symantec Messaging Gateway (SMG) Appliance devices prior to version 10.6.1. It allows local users with certain read privileges to discover an encrypted Active Directory password from the management console. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.8, indicating high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts, with low attack complexity and requiring local access. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, a Metasploit module exists for exploitation, and its EPSS score suggests a higher-than-average likelihood of exploitation. Despite this, there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
10.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:messaging_gateway:10.6.0:patch3:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:messaging_gateway:10.6.0:patch5:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:messaging_gateway:10.6.0:patch7:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
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.