CVE-2018-12243

The Symantec Messaging Gateway product prior to 10.6.6 may be susceptible to a XML external entity (XXE) exploit, which is a type of issue where XML input containing a reference to an external entity is processed by a weakly configured XML parser. The attack uses file URI schemes or relative paths in the system identifier to access files that should not normally be accessible.

Score

CVSS 3.0 8.8 High

Status

Modified - secure@symantec.com

Published

2018-09-19

Last modified

2024-09-16

Weaknesses

CWE-611

Affected products

• Messaging Gateway (Symantec)
• Symantec Messaging Gateway (Symantec Corporation)

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105330
• https://support.symantec.com/en_US/article.SYMSA1461.html