CVE-2014-3437
The management console in Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager (SEPM) 12.1 before RU5 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files or send TCP requests to intranet servers via XML data containing an external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- EPSS score
- 8.5% (95th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2014-3449)
- Published
- November 7, 2014
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2014-3449 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- symantec / endpoint protection manager
- symantec / endpoint protection manager
- symantec / endpoint protection manager
- symantec / endpoint protection manager
- symantec / endpoint protection manager
Certified products that may be affected
2 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.
- Symantec™ Endpoint Protection Version 12.1.2 - Symantec Corporation - Common Criteria 383-4-217 - archived
- Symantec™ Endpoint Protection Version 11.0 - Symantec Corporation - Common Criteria 383-4-84 - archived
References
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Nov/7(Exploit)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/533918/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70843
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031176
- http://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=&suid=20141105_00(Vendor Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98525
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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