CVE-2018-12242: The Symantec Messaging Gateway product prior to 10.6.6 may be susceptible to an authentication bypass exploit, which is a type of issue that can allow…

PriorityP262critical9.8CVSS 3.0

AVNACLPRNUINSUCHIHAH

EPSS

2.95%

85.4th percentile

The Symantec Messaging Gateway product prior to 10.6.6 may be susceptible to an authentication bypass exploit, which is a type of issue that can allow attackers to potentially circumvent security mechanisms currently in place and gain access to the system or network.

Affected

2 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
symantec	messaging_gateway	< 10.6.6	10.6.6
symantec_corporation	symantec_messaging_gateway	—	—

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.09.8CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvdv2.07.5HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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