{"id":"CVE-2016-9092","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-9092","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T20:08:22.185Z","title":"The Symantec Content Analysis (CA) 1.3, 2.x prior to 2.2.1.1, and Mail Threat Defense (MTD) 1.1 management consoles are susceptible to a cross-site request forging (CSRF) vulnerability.","description":"The Symantec Content Analysis (CA) 1.3, 2.x prior to 2.2.1.1, and Mail Threat Defense (MTD) 1.1 management consoles are susceptible to a cross-site request forging (CSRF) vulnerability. A remote attacker can use phishing or other social engineering techniques to access the management console with the privileges of an authenticated administrator user.","published":"2017-05-11T14:30:16.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:55:30.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secure@symantec.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":8.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-352"],"affected":["symantec/content analysis","symantec/mail threat defense"],"epss":{"score":0.00569,"percentile":0.46948,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.57%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104182","source":"secure@symantec.com"},{"url":"https://www.symantec.com/security-center/network-protection-security-advisories/SA149","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"secure@symantec.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104182","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.symantec.com/security-center/network-protection-security-advisories/SA149","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9092","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}