Symantec Advanced Secure Gateway 6.5/6.6/6.7 Management Console Reflected cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Symantec Advanced Secure Gateway 6.5/6.6/6.7. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Management Console. This manipulation causes cross site scripting (Reflected). This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2016-10257. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Symantec Advanced Secure Gateway 6.5/6.6/6.7. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the component Management Console. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability (Reflected). The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

The Symantec Advanced Secure Gateway (ASG) 6.6, ASG 6.7 (prior to 6.7.2.1), ProxySG 6.5 (prior to 6.5.10.6), ProxySG 6.6, and ProxySG 6.7 (prior to 6.7.2.1) management console is susceptible to a reflected XSS vulnerability. A remote attacker can use a crafted management console URL in a phishing attack to inject arbitrary JavaScript code into the management console web client application. This is a separate vulnerability from CVE-2016-10256.

The bug was discovered 01/09/2018. The weakness was published 01/10/2018 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at symantec.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2016-10257 since 03/23/2017. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 105779 (Symantec ProxySG 6.5 < 6.5.10.6 / 6.6 < 6.6.5.13 / 6.7 < 6.7.3.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities (SA155)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Firewalls and running in the context l.

Upgrading to version 6.5.10.6 or 6.7.2.1 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (105779) and SecurityFocus (BID 102447†). Similar entries are available at VDB-111534, VDB-111941 and VDB-111940. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Name: Reflected
Class: Cross site scripting / Reflected
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 105779
Nessus Name: Symantec ProxySG 6.5 < 6.5.10.6 / 6.6 < 6.6.5.13 / 6.7 < 6.7.3.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities (SA155)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Advanced Secure Gateway 6.5.10.6/6.7.2.1

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03/23/2017 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: symantec.com

Advisory: symantec.com
Researcher: Jakub Palaczynski, Pawel Bartunek.
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2016-10257 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-10257
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-111535
SecurityFocus: 102447 - Symantec ProxySG and ASG CVE-2016-10257 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1040138

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Entryinfo

Created: 01/10/2018 14:10
Updated: 01/29/2021 10:46
Changes: 01/10/2018 14:10 (68), 12/20/2019 17:25 (5), 01/29/2021 10:40 (2), 01/29/2021 10:46 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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