CVE-2008-4389
Symantec AppStream 5.2.x and Symantec Workspace Streaming (SWS) 6.1.x before 6.1 SP4 do not properly perform authentication, which allows remote Workspace Streaming servers and man-in-the-middle attackers to download arbitrary executable files onto a…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.48%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Symantec AppStream 5.2.x and Symantec Workspace Streaming (SWS) 6.1.x before 6.1 SP4 do not properly perform authentication, which allows remote Workspace Streaming servers and man-in-the-middle attackers to download arbitrary executable files onto a client system, and execute these files, via unspecified vectors.
- CVSS 2.0
- 9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 2.48% probability · 84th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-287
- Affected
- symantec/workspace streaming · symantec/appstream
- Source
- cret@cert.org
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40233
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/221257US Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40611
- http://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=2010&suid=20100616_00
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1511
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/59504
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40233
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/221257US Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40611
- http://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=2010&suid=20100616_00
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1511
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/59504
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.