Vulnerability: Malicious Formula Interpretation in Symantec Endpoint Protection Quarantine Logs

CVE-2016-9094 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Symantec Endpoint Protection clients place detected malware in quarantine as part of the intended product functionality. The quarantine logs can be exported for review by the user in a variety of formats including .CSV files. Prior to 14.0 MP1 and 12.1 RU6 MP7, the potential exists for file metadata to be interpreted and evaluated as a formula. Successful exploitation of an attack of this type requires considerable direct user-interaction from the user exporting and then opening the log files on the intended target client.

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