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CVE-2016-9097

N/A

Published: May 11, 2017 at 02:01 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:55 AM UTC

3 products affected across 1 vendorAdvanced Secure GatewaySymantec ProxysgProxysg

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 2%

Description

The Symantec Advanced Secure Gateway (ASG) 6.6 prior to 6.6.5.8, ProxySG 6.5 prior 6.5.10.6, ProxySG 6.6 prior to 6.6.5.8, and ProxySG 6.7 prior to 6.7.1.2 management consoles do not, under certain circumstances, correctly authorize administrator users. A malicious administrator with read-only access can exploit this vulnerability to access management console functionality that requires read-write access privileges.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Advanced Secure Gateway · Broadcom

95%

v < 6.6.5.86.6 6.6.3 6.6.4 6.6.4.3 6.6.5.1

Affected range stops below 6.6.5.8, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Symantec Proxysg · Broadcom

95%

6.5 6.5.1 6.5.2 6.5.2.10 6.5.4.1 6.5.5.7 6.5.6.1 6.5.7.6 6.5.9.10 6.5.9.14 6.5.9.2 6.5.9.8 6.6 6.6.2 6.6.2.1 6.6.2.2 6.6.3 6.6.3.2 6.6.4 6.6.4.1 6.6.4.3 6.6.5 6.7 6.7.1.1

Proxysg · Broadcom

60%

v < 6.6.5.8

Affected range stops below 6.6.5.8, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

https://www.symantec.com/security-center/network-protection-security-advisories/SA146

References (3)

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101530

VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039701

x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://www.symantec.com/security-center/network-protection-security-advisories/SA146

CVSS

8HIGH[email protected]

Confidentiality: PARTIAL
Integrity: PARTIAL
Availability: COMPLETE

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-264

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