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CVE-2016-3653

Status: ModifiedHigh (8)—

Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in management scripts in Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager (SEPM) 12.1 before RU6 MP5 allow remote authenticated users to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

Symantec — Endpoint Protection Manager

CWEs

References

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