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TI-2016-07448 Aliases CVE-2016-9100GHSA-wp7p-m228-g97j

Credentials management flaw in Symantec ASG

Priority LOW 34CWE-255Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

Symantec Advanced Secure Gateway (ASG) 6.6 prior to 6.6.5.13, ASG 6.7 prior to 6.7.3.1, ProxySG 6.5 prior to 6.5.10.6, ProxySG 6.6 prior to 6.6.5.13, and ProxySG 6.7 prior to 6.7.3.1 are susceptible to an information disclosure vulnerability. An attacker with local access to the client host of an authenticated administrator user can, under certain circumstances, obtain sensitive authentication credential information.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00429 37th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed ASG (Symantec Corporation): 6.6.5.13, 6.7.3.1ProxySG (Symantec Corporation): 6.5.10.6, 6.6.5.13, 6.7.3.1

SSVC decision points

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

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
SymantecASG6.6 to before 6.6.5.13; 6.7 to before 6.7.3.16.6.5.13, 6.7.3.1Patch availableCNA
SymantecProxySG6.5 to before 6.5.10.6; 6.6 to before 6.6.5.13; 6.7 to before 6.7.3.16.5.10.6, 6.6.5.13, 6.7.3.1Patch availableCNA
  • ASG VendorSymantec Affected 6.6 to before 6.6.5.13; 6.7 to before 6.7.3.1 Fixed in 6.6.5.13, 6.7.3.1 Patch available CNA
  • ProxySG VendorSymantec Affected 6.5 to before 6.5.10.6; 6.6 to before 6.6.5.13; 6.7 to before 6.7.3.1 Fixed in 6.5.10.6, 6.6.5.13, 6.7.3.1 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:advanced_secure_gateway:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.6 to before 6.6.5.13; 6.7 to before 6.7.3.1VulnerableBroadcom
cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:symantec_proxysg:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.5 to before 6.5.10.6; 6.6 to before 6.6.5.13; 6.7 to before 6.7.3.1VulnerableBroadcom
  • cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:advanced_secure_gateway:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.6 to before 6.6.5.13; 6.7 to before 6.7.3.1 Vulnerable ·Broadcom
  • cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:symantec_proxysg:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.5 to before 6.5.10.6; 6.6 to before 6.6.5.13; 6.7 to before 6.7.3.1 Vulnerable ·Broadcom

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA ASG (Symantec Corporation) Fixed in 6.6.5.13, 6.7.3.1
  • Fix · CNA ProxySG (Symantec Corporation) Fixed in 6.5.10.6, 6.6.5.13, 6.7.3.1

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2016-9100
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wp7p-m228-g97j

References

Advisory 1

  • TI-2017-04157 Command injection in Symantec Messaging Gateway KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2009-01353 The Intel LANDesk Common Base Agent (CBA) in Symantec Alert Management System 2 (AMS2)… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2017-04156 The Symantec Messaging Gateway can encounter an issue of remote code execution, which… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 10.0
  • 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-2006-02539 Stack-based buffer overflow in Symantec Antivirus 10.1 and Client Security 3.1 allows… 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
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Sources

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