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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
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.
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.