ID:405 - Exploit for Denial of service in Symantec Endpoint Protection - CVE-2016-5309

 
Main Vulnerability Database Exploits ID:405 - Exploit for Denial of service in Symantec Endpoint Protection - CVE-2016-5309

ID:405 - Exploit for Denial of service in Symantec Endpoint Protection - CVE-2016-5309

Published: March 18, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU575
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-5309
CWE-ID: CWE-284
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Vulnerable software:
Symantec Endpoint Protection

Link to public exploit:


Vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote user to cause denial of service on the target application.
The weakness exists due to out-of-bounds memory read error. By using specially crafted RAR file attacker can cause denial of the application service.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability resuslts in denial of service on the vulnerable application.

Remediation

Update to 12.1.6 MP5.