CVE-2016-5313
Symantec Web Gateway (SWG) before 5.2.5 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary OS...
Symantec Web Gateway (SWG) before 5.2.5 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary OS commands.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Symantec Web Gateway (SWG) before 5.2.5 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary OS commands.
- Record
CVE-2016-5313- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 9.0 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-78
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Symantec Web Gateway (SWG) before 5.2.5 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary OS commands.
- Record
CVE-2016-5313- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-6264 No score
Symantec Web Gateway (SWG) before 5.2.5 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary OS commands.
- Record
EUVD-2016-6264- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-97j9-jggv-92q2
Symantec Web Gateway (SWG) before 5.2.5 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary OS...
Symantec Web Gateway (SWG) before 5.2.5 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary OS commands.
- Record
GHSA-97j9-jggv-92q2- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-78
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2016-5313 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Symantec Web Gateway, published April 12, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 4.61%, the 91st percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Oct/24
packetstormsecurity.com/files/139006/Symantec-Web-Gateway-5.2.2-OS-Command-Injection.html
securitytracker.com/id/1036973
symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=&suid=20161005_00
securityfocus.com/bid/93284
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5313
github.com/advisories/GHSA-97j9-jggv-92q2