CVE-2018-5243

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

The Symantec Encryption Management Server (SEMS) product, prior to version 3.4.2 MP1, may be susceptible to a denial of service (DoS) exploit. A DoS attack is a type of attack whereby the perpetrator attempts to make a particular machine or network resource unavailable to its intended users by temporarily or indefinitely disrupting services of a specific host within a network.

El producto Symantec Encryption Management Server (SEMS) en versiones anteriores a la versión 3.4.2 MP1, puede ser susceptible a una denegación de servicio (DoS). Un ataque DoS es un tipo de ataque en el que el infractor intenta hacer que un dispositivo o recurso de red en concreto se vuelva inutilizable para sus usuarios originales mediante la interrupción temporal o indefinida de un host específico en una red.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2018-01-05 CVE Reserved
2018-08-20 CVE Published
2024-04-01 EPSS Updated
2024-09-16 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

CAPEC

References (3)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105062	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041527	Third Party Advisory

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://support.symantec.com/en_US/article.SYMSA1458.html	2018-10-16

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Symantec Search vendor "Symantec"		Encryption Management Server Search vendor "Symantec" for product "Encryption Management Server"				<= 3.4.2 Search vendor "Symantec" for product "Encryption Management Server" and version " <= 3.4.2"		-		Affected