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CVE-2016-5310

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 5.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2017-04-14 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-787

Description

The RAR file parser component in the AntiVirus Decomposer engine in Symantec Advanced Threat Protection: Network (ATP); Symantec Email Security.Cloud; Symantec Data Center Security: Server; Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) for Windows before 12.1.6 MP5; Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) for Mac; Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) for Linux before 12.1.6 MP6; Symantec Endpoint Protection for Small Business Enterprise (SEP SBE/SEP.Cloud); Symantec Endpoint Protection Cloud (SEPC) for Windows/Mac; Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition 12.1; CSAPI before 10.0.4 HF02; Symantec Protection Engine (SPE) before 7.0.5 HF02, 7.5.x before 7.5.4 HF02, 7.5.5 before 7.5.5 HF01, and 7.8.x before 7.8.0 HF03; Symantec Mail Security for Domino (SMSDOM) before 8.0.9 HF2.1, 8.1.x before 8.1.2 HF2.3, and 8.1.3 before 8.1.3 HF2.2; Symantec Mail Security for Microsoft Exchange (SMSMSE) before 6.5.8_3968140 HF2.3, 7.x before 7.0_3966002 HF2.1, and 7.5.x before 7.5_3966008 VHF2.2; Symantec Protection for SharePoint Servers (SPSS) before SPSS_6.0.3_To_6.0.5_HF_2.5 update, 6.0.6 before 6.0.6 HF_2.6, and 6.0.7 before 6.0.7_HF_2.7; Symantec Messaging Gateway (SMG) before 10.6.2; Symantec Messaging Gateway for Service Providers (SMG-SP) before 10.5 patch 260 and 10.6 before patch 259; Symantec Web Gateway; and Symantec Web Security.Cloud allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted RAR file that is mishandled during decompression.

Affected products

• Symantec Data Loss Prevention: all versions
• Symantec Advanced Threat Protection: all versions
• Symantec Csapi: through 10.0.4
• Symantec Email Security.Cloud: all versions
• Symantec Endpoint Protection: through 12.1.4; through 12.1.6
• Symantec Endpoint Protection Cloud: all versions
• Symantec Endpoint Protection For Small Business: through 12.1
• Symantec Mail Security For Domino: through 8.0.9; 8.1.2, 8.1.3
• Symantec Mail Security For Microsoft Exchange: through 6.5.8; 7.0, 7.0.1, 7.0.2, 7.0.3, 7.0.4, 7.5 (+4)
• Symantec Messaging Gateway: through 10.6.1
• Symantec Messaging Gateway For Service Providers: 10.5, 10.6
• Symantec Protection Engine: through 7.0.5; 7.5.0, 7.5.1, 7.5.2, 7.5.3, 7.5.4, 7.5.5 (+1)
• Symantec Protection For Sharepoint Servers: 6.0.3, 6.0.4, 6.0.5, 6.0.6, 6.0.7
• Symantec Web Gateway: all versions
• Symantec Web Security.Cloud: all versions

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92866
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036847
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036848
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036849
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036850
• https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=867
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40405/
• https://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=&suid=20160919_00
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92866
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036847
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036848
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036849

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