CVE-2017-13679 — 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

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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

Published Oct 10, 2017

4.2

MEDIUM

CVSS 3.0

EPSS 0.29%

Description

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.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.29% 0.00295

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00295

Score over time

2021–2026

EPSS v1
EPSS v5
EPSS v2
EPSS v3

Percentile over time

EPSS v1
EPSS v5
EPSS v2
EPSS v3

Table of values (11 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.29% (0.00295)	20.02th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Sep 20, 2026	0.29% (0.00295)	22.35th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jul 20, 2024	0.19% (0.00188)	56.70th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 25, 2024	0.19% (0.00188)	55.35th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Sep 20, 2023	0.18% (0.00177)	54.41th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Sep 3, 2023	0.15% (0.00150)	50.39th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.12% (0.00124)	45.17th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.05% (0.01055)	52.13th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	27.52th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 3, 2022	0.98% (0.00976)	26.54th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Apr 14, 2021	0.98% (0.00976)	0.00th	v1

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (2)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101090
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=&suid=20171009_00
x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101090		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=&suid=20171009_00		x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner symantec

Published Oct 10, 2017

Updated Aug 5, 2024

Reserved Aug 24, 2017

Link CVE-2017-13679

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2017-13679

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2017-13679