A vulnerability was found in Symantec Workspace Streaming and Workspace Virtualization up to 7.6 HF4 (Virtualization Software). It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown function of the component Management Console. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-22. The software uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the software does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality.

The weakness was presented 07/12/2016 by Positive Technologies (ryan) with Positive Technologies (Website). The advisory is available at symantec.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2016-2205 since 02/02/2016. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The successful exploitation requires a authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1006 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Applying the patch 7.6 HF5 is able to eliminate this problem.

See 88999 for similar entry.

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• Workspace Streaming
• Workspace Virtualization

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