Vulnerabilities > CVE-2019-12751 - Unspecified vulnerability in Symantec Message Gateway

047910
CVSS 7.5 - HIGH
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL
Integrity impact
PARTIAL
Availability impact
PARTIAL
network
low complexity
symantec
nessus
NVD
Published: 2019-07-11
Updated: 2020-08-24

Summary

Symantec Messaging Gateway, prior to 10.7.1, may be susceptible to a privilege escalation vulnerability, which is a type of issue whereby an attacker may attempt to compromise the software application to gain elevated access to resources that are normally protected from an application or user.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Symantec
27

Nessus

NASL familyCGI abuses
NASL idSYMANTEC_MESSAGING_GATEWAY_SYMSA1486.NASL
descriptionAccording to its self-reported version number, the Symantec Messaging Gateway (SMG) running on the remote host is 10.x prior to 10.7.1. It is, therefore, affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability as described in the vendor advisory. An authenticated attacker can exploit this to gain privileged or administrator access to the system. Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application
last seen2020-04-30
modified2019-07-18
plugin id126780
published2019-07-18
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/126780
titleSymantec Messaging Gateway 10.x < 10.7.1 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (SYMSA1486)
code
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(126780);
  script_version("1.4");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/04/27");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2019-12751");
  script_bugtraq_id(108925);

  script_name(english:"Symantec Messaging Gateway 10.x < 10.7.1 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (SYMSA1486)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks the Symantec Messaging Gateway version number.");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"A messaging security application running on the remote host is
affected by an information disclosure vulnerabilities.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"According to its self-reported version number, the Symantec Messaging
Gateway (SMG) running on the remote host is 10.x prior to 10.7.1.
It is, therefore, affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability as 
described in the vendor advisory. An authenticated attacker can exploit this
to gain privileged or administrator access to the system.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead
relied only on the application's self-reported version number.");
  # https://support.symantec.com/us/en/article.SYMSA1486.html
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?2615ec65");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to Symantec Messaging Gateway (SMG) version 10.7.1 or
later.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2019-12751");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2019/07/10");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2019/07/10");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2019/07/18");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:symantec:messaging_gateway");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"CGI abuses");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("symantec_messaging_gateway_detect.nasl");
  script_require_keys("www/sym_msg_gateway");
  script_require_ports("Services/www", 443);

  exit(0);
}

include('vcf.inc');
include('http.inc');

appname = 'sym_msg_gateway';
get_install_count(app_name:appname, exit_if_zero:TRUE);
port = get_http_port(default:443);
app_info = vcf::get_app_info(app:appname, port:port, webapp:true);

vcf::check_granularity(app_info:app_info, sig_segments:3);

constraints = [
  { 'min_version' : '10.0.0', 'fixed_version' : '10.7.1' }
];

vcf::check_version_and_report(app_info:app_info, constraints:constraints, severity:SECURITY_HOLE);

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