THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2016-2208
CRITICAL SEVERITY

CVE-2016-2208

Anti Virus Engine vulnerability

CVSS
9.1
EPSS
19.2%
EPSS pct
97th
Exploited
No known
The kernel component in Symantec Anti-Virus Engine (AVE) 20151.1 before 20151.1.1.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory access violation and system crash) via a malformed PE header file.
Affected vendor
Symantec
Affected product
Anti Virus Engine
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2016-05-19

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 19.2% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 97% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2016-2208

  • Confirm whether Symantec Anti Virus Engine is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2016-2208.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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