CVE-2017-6324

Severity: high (CVSS 7.3 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-06-26 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

The Symantec Messaging Gateway, when processing a specific email attachment, can allow a malformed or corrupted Word file with a potentially malicious macro through despite the administrator having the 'disarm' functionality enabled. This constitutes a 'bypass' of the disarm functionality resident to the application.

Affected products

Symantec Messaging Gateway: through 10.6.2

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98889
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038785
https://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=&suid=20170621_00
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98889
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038785
https://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=&suid=20170621_00

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