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TI-2016-04608 Aliases CVE-2016-5312GHSA-6r8q-pc85-r7wp

Directory traversal vulnerability in the charting component in Symantec Messaging Gateway…

Priority MEDIUM 61CWE-22Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · None · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-22 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

Directory traversal vulnerability in the charting component in Symantec Messaging Gateway before 10.6.2 allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the sn parameter to brightmail/servlet/com.ve.kavachart.servlet.ChartStream.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.53982 99th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 3 exploit referencesTagged by NVD and the CNA
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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:messaging_gateway:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 10.6.1VulnerableSymantec
  • cpe:2.3:a:symantec:messaging_gateway:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 10.6.1 Vulnerable ·Symantec

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2016-5312
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-6r8q-pc85-r7wp
  3. 2026-10-21 EPSS moved to the 99th percentile and above
  4. 2026-10-25 EPSS moved to the 95th–99th percentile
  5. 2026-10-30 EPSS moved to the 99th percentile and above

References

Exploit 3

Advisory 1

  • TI-2017-04156 The Symantec Messaging Gateway can encounter an issue of remote code execution, which… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 10.0
  • TI-2012-03102 Symantec Messaging Gateway (SMG) before 10.0 has a default password for an unspecified… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.9
  • TI-2012-03702 Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in the management console in Symantec… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
  • TI-2018-08781 Improper authentication in Symantec Messaging Gateway CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2012-05122 Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Autonomy KeyView IDOL before 10.16, as used in… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2016-02012 The management console on Symantec Messaging Gateway (SMG) Appliance devices before… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.8
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Sources

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