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Advanced Secure Gateway CVE-2016-9097

HIGH
Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CWE-264)
2017-05-11 secure@symantec.com
7.2
CVSS 3.0 · NVD
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Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Permission and access control
MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique across 1 tactic: Privilege Escalation

The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up.

Impact

CVSS score of 7.2 (HIGH). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, high privileges required, no user interaction not required. EPSS exploitation probability: 1.22%.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

This vulnerability can be exploited remotely over the network. Successful exploitation could compromise the high-severity affected system.

This Week Schedule remediation this week. Why: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9).
No patch listed yet 1.2% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAI

The Symantec Advanced Secure Gateway (ASG) 6.6 prior to 6.6.5.8, ProxySG 6.5 prior 6.5.10.6, ProxySG 6.6 prior to 6.6.5.8, and ProxySG 6.7 prior to 6.7.1.2 management consoles do not, under certain. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.2), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.

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Technical ContextAI · show details

This vulnerability is classified under CWE-264. The Symantec Advanced Secure Gateway (ASG) 6.6 prior to 6.6.5.8, ProxySG 6.5 prior 6.5.10.6, ProxySG 6.6 prior to 6.6.5.8, and ProxySG 6.7 prior to 6.7.1.2 management consoles do not, under certain circumstances, correctly authorize administrator users. A malicious administrator with read-only access can exploit this vulnerability to access management console functionality that requires read-write access privileges. Affected products include: Broadcom Advanced Secure Gateway, Broadcom Symantec Proxysg. Version information: prior to 6.6.5.8.

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Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY 7.2 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
High
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

DescriptionCVE.org

The Symantec Advanced Secure Gateway (ASG) 6.6 prior to 6.6.5.8, ProxySG 6.5 prior 6.5.10.6, ProxySG 6.6 prior to 6.6.5.8, and ProxySG 6.7 prior to 6.7.1.2 management consoles do not, under certain circumstances, correctly authorize administrator users. A malicious administrator with read-only access can exploit this vulnerability to access management console functionality that requires read-write access privileges.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
1.2%
Top 21% exploitable
Data Quality
3 sources
Confidence: Low

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity HIGH
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 1.2%
Patch available No
Active threat No
Deciding rule
HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Scheduled
Exploitation· derived
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable· derived
No
Human Impact· derived
Medium

Priority Score

37
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: +1
CVSS: +36
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Privilege escalation occurs when an attacker leverages flaws in access control mechanisms to gain permissions beyond what they were originally granted.

Affected Products (CPE)CVE.org

cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:advanced_secure_gateway:6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:advanced_secure_gateway:6.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:advanced_secure_gateway:6.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:advanced_secure_gateway:6.6.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:advanced_secure_gateway:6.6.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:symantec_proxysg:6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:symantec_proxysg:6.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:symantec_proxysg:6.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:symantec_proxysg:6.5.2.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:symantec_proxysg:6.5.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:symantec_proxysg:6.5.5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:symantec_proxysg:6.5.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:symantec_proxysg:6.5.7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:symantec_proxysg:6.5.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:symantec_proxysg:6.5.9.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:symantec_proxysg:6.5.9.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:symantec_proxysg:6.5.9.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:symantec_proxysg:6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:symantec_proxysg:6.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:symantec_proxysg:6.6.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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