CVE-2011-0551

Description

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Web Interface in the Endpoint Protection Manager in Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) 11.0.600x through 11.0.6300 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that create administrative accounts.

Category

6.8
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.26%
Vendor Advisory secunia.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://securitytracker.com/id?1025919 vdb entry
http://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=2011&suid=20110810_00
http://secunia.com/advisories/43662 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49101 vdb entry
http://www.osvdb.org/74467 vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2011-0551?
CVE-2011-0551 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2011-0551?
To fix CVE-2011-0551, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2011-0551 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2011-0551 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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