Check Point Advisories

Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager Cross-Site Scripting (CVE-2016-3652)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2016-0706
Date Published: 15 Aug 2016
Severity: Medium
Last Updated: Thursday 18 August, 2016
Source: Symantec
Industry Reference:CVE-2016-3652
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable? Symantec Endpoint Protection prior to 12.1-RU6-MP5
Vulnerability Description A cross-site-scripting vulnerability has been reported in the Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation on user-supplied input. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by enticing authenticated users to click on a crafted link. Successful exploitation could allow the attacker to execute malicious script code in the context of the victim's browser.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R80 / R77 / R75

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager Cross-Site Scripting (CVE-2016-3652) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name:  Security Products Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information:  Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager Cross-Site Scripting (CVE-2016-3652)

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