Path Traversal in Symantec Management Console (CVE-2017-15527)
Summary
Path traversal in Symantec Management Console (CVE-2017-15527). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
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.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2017-15527 has been found in Symantec Management Console.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. CVSS score: 6.8/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Symantec Management Console CVE-2017-15527" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2017-15527 (Symantec Management Console) — CWE-22 / CVSS v3 6.8
Attack vector: adjacent-network / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
Path traversal (CWE-22) exists in Symantec Management Console.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Symantec Management Console.
Severity: Medium (CVSS 6.8/10). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで Symantec Management Console を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
References
- advisory securityfocus.com
- patch symantec.com