Symantec Messaging Gateway 10.x < 10.7.1 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (SYMSA1486)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 126780

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Synopsis

A messaging security application running on the remote host is affected by an information disclosure vulnerabilities.

Description

According to its self-reported version number, the Symantec Messaging Gateway (SMG) running on the remote host is 10.x prior to 10.7.1.
It is, therefore, affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability as described in the vendor advisory. An authenticated attacker can exploit this to gain privileged or administrator access to the system.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Symantec Messaging Gateway (SMG) version 10.7.1 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 126780

File Name: symantec_messaging_gateway_symsa1486.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 7/18/2019

Updated: 4/27/2020

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-12751

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:symantec:messaging_gateway

Required KB Items: www/sym_msg_gateway

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/10/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/10/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-12751

BID: 108925

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