Medium severity6.8NVD Advisory· Published Nov 20, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-15527
CVE-2017-15527
Description
Prior to ITMS 8.1 RU4, the Symantec Management Console can be susceptible to a directory traversal exploit, which is a type of attack that can occur when there is insufficient security validation / sanitization of user-supplied input file names, such that characters representing "traverse to parent directory" are passed through to the file APIs.
Affected products
3cpe:2.3:a:symantec:management_console:*:ru4:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:symantec:management_console:*:ru4:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <8.1
- (no CPE)range: <8.1 RU4
- Symantec Corporation/Symantec Management Consolev5Range: Prior to ITMS 8.1 RU4
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
2- www.securityfocus.com/bid/101743nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jspnvdIssue TrackingMitigationVendor Advisory
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