Title : Symantec Backup Exec SRM Directory Traversal Vulnerability VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2008-1686 CVE ID : CVE-2008-2512
Rated as : Moderate Risk
Remotely Exploitable : Yes Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2008-05-28
Technical Description
A vulnerability has been identified in Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery Manager, which could be exploited by attackers to bypass security restrictions and disclose sensitive information. This issue is caused by an unspecified input validation error when processing user-supplied requests, which could be exploited by an authorized network user to read privileged system files via directory traversal attacks and potentially gain unauthorized access to a vulnerable system.
