CVE-2015-8152
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedCross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager (SEPM) 12.1 before RU6-MP4 allows remote authenticated users to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that execute arbitrary code by adding lines to a logging script.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceCross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager 12.1 before RU6-MP4 allows remote authenticated users to hijack administrator sessions by tricking them into executing requests that add arbitrary code to a logging script, leading to code execution.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data<= 12.1CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify installed version of Symantec Endpoint Protection ManagerCheck the product version in the management console under Help > About Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager, or check the Windows Programs and Features list for 'Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager' versionAffected if Version is 12.1 and the Update level is earlier than RU6-MP4 (for example, RU6, RU5, or base 12.1 release)
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Confirm management console is accessible over the networkVerify the SEPM management console web interface is reachable at the configured port (default 8443) from untrusted networksAffected if The management console is exposed to networks where untrusted users could trick authenticated administrators into visiting malicious pages
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Verify logging configuration is modifiable by non-admin authenticated usersCheck user role permissions in the management console under Admin > Users and verify which roles have write access to Logging Settings or Notification TemplatesAffected if Authenticated users with limited privileges can modify logging configurations or notification templates containing scriptable content
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Check if the logging or notification script injection point existsReview the logging configuration in the management console for any fields that accept script or code that could be executed in an administrator contextAffected if Logging configuration accepts and executes arbitrary script or code content that could be injected via CSRF
You are affected if Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager version is 12.1 before RU6-MP4 and the management console is accessible to users who could trigger CSRF attacks against authenticated administrators.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpgrade Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager to version 12.1 RU6-MP4 or later. Additionally, implement anti-CSRF tokens in the management console and apply principle of least privilege to limit which authenticated users can modify logging configurations.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2015-8152 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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