TI-2015-04798 Aliases CVE-2015-5692 GHSA-vj6m-2wv6-8fgp

admin_messages.php in the management console on Symantec Web Gateway (SWG) appliances…

MEDIUM 42CWE-264Published 2015-09-20 · Updated 2024-08-06

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity: Medium
Impact type: Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Complete · Complete · Complete
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-264.

Summary

admin_messages.php in the management console on Symantec Web Gateway (SWG) appliances with software before 5.2.2 DB 5.0.0.1277 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with a safe extension and content type, and then leveraging an improper Sudo configuration to make this a setuid-root file.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.05122 92nd percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:web_gateway::::::::	up to 5.2.2	Vulnerable	Symantec

cpe:2.3:a:symantec:web_gateway:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 5.2.2 Vulnerable ·Symantec

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2015-5692
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vj6m-2wv6-8fgp

References

Advisory 1

http://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=&suid=20150916_00

Other 1

http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-15-443/

TI-2012-00284 The management GUI in Symantec Web Gateway 5.0.x before 5.0.3 does not properly restrict… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
TI-2012-02563 The management console in Symantec Web Gateway 5.0.x before 5.0.3.18 allows remote… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
TI-2012-00286 The file-management scripts in the management GUI in Symantec Web Gateway 5.0.x before… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
TI-2012-02566 The management console in Symantec Web Gateway 5.0.x before 5.0.3.18 allows local users… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.2
TI-2014-06068 The management console on the Symantec Web Gateway (SWG) appliance before 5.2.2 allows… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.5
TI-2013-04386 SNMPConfig.php in the management console in Symantec Web Gateway (SWG) before 5.2.1… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8

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Sources

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