cve-2016-5312

MEDIUM CVSS 6.5 opencve
Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the charting component in Symantec Messaging Gateway before 10.6.2 allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the sn parameter to brightmail/servlet/com.ve.kavachart.servlet.ChartStream.

Timeline
Published
2017-04-14 18:59 UTC
Last Modified
2026-06-17
CVSS Details

CVSS details not available.

Affected Products

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Weaknesses (CWE)
CVSS metrics
Version Base Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Source
3.0 6.5 MEDIUM CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N nvd
3.0 6.5 MEDIUM CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N opencve
References

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Linked Vulnerabilities

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