TI-2017-11349 Aliases CVE-2017-15527 GHSA-5vc6-rv77-8xmg

Path traversal in Symantec Management Console

LOW 32CWE-22Published 2017-11-20 · Updated 2024-09-17

Key facts

Attack vector: Adjacent network
Privileges required: High
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: —
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · High
Fix status: No fix listed

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

Summary

Prior to ITMS 8.1 RU4, the Symantec Management Console can be susceptible to a directory traversal exploit, which is a type of attack that can occur when there is insufficient security validation / sanitization of user-supplied input file names, such that characters representing "traverse to parent directory" are passed through to the file APIs.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01095 65th 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
Symantec	Symantec Management Console	Prior to ITMS 8.1 RU4	—	No fix listed	CNA

Symantec Management Console VendorSymantec Affected Prior to ITMS 8.1 RU4 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:management_console::ru4::::::*	before 8.1	Vulnerable	Symantec

cpe:2.3:a:symantec:management_console:*:ru4:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 8.1 Vulnerable ·Symantec

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-15527
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5vc6-rv77-8xmg

References

Advisory 1

https://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=&suid=20171120_00

TI-2017-04153 XML external entity injection in Symantec ITMS CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.0

Sources

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