CVE-2014-3437

Endpoint Protection Manager vulnerability

CVSS

7.5

EPSS

8.5%

EPSS pct

94th

Exploited

No known

The management console in Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager (SEPM) 12.1 before RU5 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files or send TCP requests to intranet servers via XML data containing an external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue.

Affected vendor

Symantec

Affected product

Endpoint Protection Manager

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Published

2014-11-07

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 8.5% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 94% of all scored CVEs.

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