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 ..
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 54.0%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
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.
- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 53.98% probability · 99th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 28 September 2016
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Affected
- symantec/messaging gateway
- Source
- secure@symantec.com
EPSS moved from 40.0% on 21 September 2026 to 54.0% on 4 November 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- 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
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.