Vulnerabilities > CVE-2016-3651 - Information Exposure vulnerability in Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager 12.1.6

047910
CVSS 6.0 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
MEDIUM
Privileges required
SINGLE
Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL
Integrity impact
PARTIAL
Availability impact
PARTIAL
network
symantec
CWE-200
nessus

Summary

Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager (SEPM) 12.1 before RU6 MP5 allows remote authenticated users to discover the PHP JSESSIONID value via unspecified vectors.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Symantec
1

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Subverting Environment Variable Values
    The attacker directly or indirectly modifies environment variables used by or controlling the target software. The attacker's goal is to cause the target software to deviate from its expected operation in a manner that benefits the attacker.
  • Footprinting
    An attacker engages in probing and exploration activity to identify constituents and properties of the target. Footprinting is a general term to describe a variety of information gathering techniques, often used by attackers in preparation for some attack. It consists of using tools to learn as much as possible about the composition, configuration, and security mechanisms of the targeted application, system or network. Information that might be collected during a footprinting effort could include open ports, applications and their versions, network topology, and similar information. While footprinting is not intended to be damaging (although certain activities, such as network scans, can sometimes cause disruptions to vulnerable applications inadvertently) it may often pave the way for more damaging attacks.
  • Exploiting Trust in Client (aka Make the Client Invisible)
    An attack of this type exploits a programs' vulnerabilities in client/server communication channel authentication and data integrity. It leverages the implicit trust a server places in the client, or more importantly, that which the server believes is the client. An attacker executes this type of attack by placing themselves in the communication channel between client and server such that communication directly to the server is possible where the server believes it is communicating only with a valid client. There are numerous variations of this type of attack.
  • Browser Fingerprinting
    An attacker carefully crafts small snippets of Java Script to efficiently detect the type of browser the potential victim is using. Many web-based attacks need prior knowledge of the web browser including the version of browser to ensure successful exploitation of a vulnerability. Having this knowledge allows an attacker to target the victim with attacks that specifically exploit known or zero day weaknesses in the type and version of the browser used by the victim. Automating this process via Java Script as a part of the same delivery system used to exploit the browser is considered more efficient as the attacker can supply a browser fingerprinting method and integrate it with exploit code, all contained in Java Script and in response to the same web page request by the browser.
  • Session Credential Falsification through Prediction
    This attack targets predictable session ID in order to gain privileges. The attacker can predict the session ID used during a transaction to perform spoofing and session hijacking.

Nessus

NASL familyWindows
NASL idSYMANTEC_ENDPOINT_PROT_MGR_SYM16-011.NASL
descriptionThe version of Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager (SEPM) installed on the remote host is prior to 12.1 RU6 MP5. It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerabilities : - A race condition exists in the SEP client that allows a local attacker to bypass security restrictions, resulting in the ability to download or upload files on the client system. (CVE-2015-8801) - A server-side request forgery vulnerability exists in the authentication interface that allows an attacker to bypass access controls and scan unauthorized content on the internal network. (CVE-2016-3647) - An unspecified flaw exists that allows an attacker to bypass lock threshold limits, resulting in the ability to recover management console passwords using brute-force methods. (CVE-2016-3648) - An unspecified flaw exists when handling GET object requests that allows an attacker to disclose information related to valid administrator accounts. (CVE-2016-3649) - An unspecified flaw exists that allows an attacker to disclose server credentials. (CVE-2016-3650) - An unspecified flaw exists related to PHP JSESSIONID that allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-3651) - Multiple cross-site scripting vulnerabilities exist due to improper validation of user-supplied input to the
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id91894
published2016-06-30
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/91894
titleSymantec Endpoint Protection Manager 12.1.x < 12.1 RU6 MP5 Multiple Vulnerabilities (SYM16-011)