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CVE-2016-9097

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-05-11 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

The Symantec Advanced Secure Gateway (ASG) 6.6 prior to 6.6.5.8, ProxySG 6.5 prior 6.5.10.6, ProxySG 6.6 prior to 6.6.5.8, and ProxySG 6.7 prior to 6.7.1.2 management consoles do not, under certain circumstances, correctly authorize administrator users. A malicious administrator with read-only access can exploit this vulnerability to access management console functionality that requires read-write access privileges.

Affected products

• Broadcom Advanced Secure Gateway: 6.6, 6.6.3, 6.6.4, 6.6.4.3, 6.6.5.1
• Symantec Corporation ProxySG: 6.5, 6.5.1, 6.5.2, 6.5.2.10, 6.5.4.1, 6.5.5.7 (+18)

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101530
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039701
• https://www.symantec.com/security-center/network-protection-security-advisories/SA146
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101530
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039701
• https://www.symantec.com/security-center/network-protection-security-advisories/SA146

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