CVE-2017-13679
A denial of service (DoS) attack in Symantec Encryption Desktop before SED 10.4.1 MP2HF1 allows...
A denial of service (DoS) attack in Symantec Encryption Desktop before SED 10.4.1 MP2HF1 allows remote attackers to make a particular machine or network resource unavailable to its intended users by temporarily or indefinitely disrupting services of a specific host within a network.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
A denial of service (DoS) attack in Symantec Encryption Desktop before SED 10.4.1 MP2HF1 allows remote attackers to make a particular machine or network resource unavailable to its intended users by temporarily or indefinitely disrupting services of a specific host within a network.
- Record
CVE-2017-13679- CVSS 3.0
- 4.2 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 1.4 Low
AV:A/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
A denial of service (DoS) attack in Symantec Encryption Desktop before SED 10.4.1 MP2HF1 allows remote attackers to make a particular machine or network resource unavailable to its intended users by temporarily or indefinitely disrupting services of a specific host within a network.
- Record
CVE-2017-13679- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-5196 No score
A denial of service (DoS) attack in Symantec Encryption Desktop before SED 10.4.1 MP2HF1 allows remote attackers to make a particular machine or network resource unavailable to its intended users by temporarily or indefinitely disrupting services of a specific host within a network.
- Record
EUVD-2017-5196- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-xh4q-c32g-m92w
A denial of service (DoS) attack in Symantec Encryption Desktop before SED 10.4.1 MP2HF1 allows...
A denial of service (DoS) attack in Symantec Encryption Desktop before SED 10.4.1 MP2HF1 allows remote attackers to make a particular machine or network resource unavailable to its intended users by temporarily or indefinitely disrupting services of a specific host within a network.
- Record
GHSA-xh4q-c32g-m92w- CVSS 3.0
- 4.2 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - 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-2017-13679 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.2) in Symantec Encryption Desktop, published October 10, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.29%, the 22nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.