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Case File

CVE-2016-9097

HIGH · CVSS 7.2 EPSS 2.35% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2017-05-11 · Last synced 2026-08-04

Field Assessment

AI analysis pending.

Exhibit — Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

Detected Signals
exploit

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CVE
CVE-2016-9097
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.2
EPSS
2.35%

Original Filing — NVD Description

The Symantec Advanced Secure Gateway (ASG) 6.6 prior to 6.6.5.8, ProxySG 6.5 prior 6.5.10.6, ProxySG 6.6 prior to 6.6.5.8, and ProxySG 6.7 prior to 6.7.1.2 management consoles do not, under certain circumstances, correctly authorize administrator users. A malicious administrator with read-only access can exploit this vulnerability to access management console functionality that requires read-write access privileges.