CVE-2014-3437

Exp

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.

Published: 2014-11-07 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2014-3437 is rated High Exploit Risk (73.7/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 17.68%, 95th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2014-3437

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
35181 exploit_db edb 2014-11-06 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-3437

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-04-17 22.28% 17.68% -4.60%
2 2025-03-30 28.41% 22.28% -6.13%
3 2025-03-29 — 28.41% —

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-3437

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-3437

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2014-3437

Comment: <a href="http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/611.html" target="_blank">CWE-611: Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE')</a>

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-3437

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
symantec endpoint_protection_manager <= 12.1.4 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec endpoint_protection_manager 12.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection_manager:12.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec endpoint_protection_manager 12.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection_manager:12.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec endpoint_protection_manager 12.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection_manager:12.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec endpoint_protection_manager 12.1.3 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection_manager:12.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-3437

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