HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2014-7288

Encryption Management Server vulnerability

CVSS
9.0
EPSS
8.1%
EPSS pct
94th
Exploited
No known
Symantec PGP Universal Server and Encryption Management Server before 3.3.2 MP7 allow remote authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary shell commands via a crafted command line in a database-backup restore action.
Affected vendor
Symantec
Affected product
Encryption Management Server
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-264 — Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
Published
2015-02-01

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring single-factor authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 8.1% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 94% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2014-7288

  • Confirm whether Symantec Encryption Management Server is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2014-7288.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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