CVE-2016-10258
Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in the Symantec Advanced Secure Gateway (ASG) and ProxySG...
Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in the Symantec Advanced Secure Gateway (ASG) and ProxySG management consoles. A malicious appliance administrator can upload arbitrary malicious files to the management console and trick another administrator user into downloading and executing malicious code.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in the Symantec Advanced Secure Gateway (ASG) and ProxySG management consoles. A malicious appliance administrator can upload arbitrary malicious files to the management console and trick another administrator user into downloading and executing malicious code.
- Record
CVE-2016-10258- CVSS 3.0
- 6.8 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-434
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in the Symantec Advanced Secure Gateway (ASG) and ProxySG management consoles. A malicious appliance administrator can upload arbitrary malicious files to the management console and trick another administrator user into downloading and executing malicious code.
- Record
CVE-2016-10258- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-1443 No score
Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in the Symantec Advanced Secure Gateway (ASG) and ProxySG management consoles. A malicious appliance administrator can upload arbitrary malicious files to the management console and trick another administrator user into downloading and executing malicious code.
- Record
EUVD-2016-1443- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-8586-qhh3-x99v
Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in the Symantec Advanced Secure Gateway (ASG) and ProxySG...
Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in the Symantec Advanced Secure Gateway (ASG) and ProxySG management consoles. A malicious appliance administrator can upload arbitrary malicious files to the management console and trick another administrator user into downloading and executing malicious code.
- Record
GHSA-8586-qhh3-x99v- CVSS 3.0
- 6.8 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-434
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | Symantec Advanced Secure Gateway (ASG) / ProxySG - Unrestricted File Upload | 2019-09-16 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2016-10258 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.8) in Broadcom Advanced Secure Gateway, published April 11, 2018. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 4.84%, the 92nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.