CVE-2015-5689

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2015-09-20 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

ghostexp.exe in Ghost Explorer Utility in Symantec Ghost Solutions Suite (GSS) before 3.0 HF2 12.0.0.8010 and Symantec Deployment Solution (DS) before 7.6 HF4 12.0.0.7045 performs improper sign-extend operations before array-element accesses, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code, cause a denial of service (application crash), or possibly obtain sensitive information via a crafted Ghost image.

Affected products

Symantec Deployment Solution: 6.9-sp3
Symantec Ghost Solutions Suite: 1.0, 1.1, 1.1-p2, 2.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2 (+1)

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76498
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033577
http://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=&suid=20150902_00
http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-15-419/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76498
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033577
http://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=&suid=20150902_00
http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-15-419/

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