{"id":"CVE-2017-13679","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-13679","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T19:04:06.307Z","title":"A denial of service (DoS) attack in Symantec Encryption Desktop before SED 10.4.1 MP2HF1 allows remote attackers to make a particular machine or network resource unavailable to its intended users by temporarily or indefinitely disrupting services of a…","description":"A denial of service (DoS) attack in Symantec Encryption Desktop before SED 10.4.1 MP2HF1 allows remote attackers to make a particular machine or network resource unavailable to its intended users by temporarily or indefinitely disrupting services of a specific host within a network.","published":"2017-10-10T19:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:04:58.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secure@symantec.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":4.2,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":[],"affected":["symantec/encryption desktop"],"epss":{"score":0.00295,"percentile":0.22006,"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":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.29%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101090","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"secure@symantec.com"},{"url":"https://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=&suid=20171009_00","tags":["Issue Tracking","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"secure@symantec.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101090","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=&suid=20171009_00","tags":["Issue Tracking","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-13679","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."}