CVE-2015-5692
admin_messages.php in the management console on Symantec Web Gateway (SWG) appliances with software before 5.2.2 DB 5.0.0.1277 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with a safe extension and content type, and then leveraging an improper Sudo configuration to make this a setuid-root file.
- EPSS
- 5.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 92% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-264
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- symantec:web_gateway
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76726
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033625
- http://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=&suid=20150916_00
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-15-443/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76726