CVE-2016-5312

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.

• CWE-22

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138891/Symantec-Messaging-Gateway-10.6.1-Directory-Traversal.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Sep/71Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93148Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036908Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=&suid=20160927_00Vendor Advisory
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40437/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138891/Symantec-Messaging-Gateway-10.6.1-Directory-Traversal.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Sep/71Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93148Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036908Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=&suid=20160927_00Vendor Advisory
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40437/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

Published

Apr 14, 2017

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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