CVE-2017-15525 — Prior to SEE v11.1.3MP1, Symantec Endpoint Encryption can be susceptible to a denial of service (DoS) attack, which is a type of attack whereby the perpetrator attempts 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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Prior to SEE v11.1.3MP1, Symantec Endpoint Encryption can be susceptible to a denial of service (DoS) attack, which is a type of attack whereby the perpetrator attempts 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 Nov 13, 2017

4.5

MEDIUM

CVSS 3.0

EPSS 0.27%

Description

Prior to SEE v11.1.3MP1, Symantec Endpoint Encryption can be susceptible to a denial of service (DoS) attack, which is a type of attack whereby the perpetrator attempts 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

Vendor Symantec Corporation Product Symantec Endpoint Encryption Default
n/a
- Version
  Prior to SEE v11.1.3MP1
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  -

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor

Product

Default status

Versions

Symantec Corporation

Symantec Endpoint Encryption

n/a

Version	Status	Constraints
Prior to SEE v11.1.3MP1	affected	-

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.27% 0.00272

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

EPSS probability 0.00272

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 (9 key points)

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

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.27% (0.00272)	17.76th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Sep 20, 2026	0.27% (0.00272)	19.87th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jul 20, 2024	0.04% (0.00045)	14.42th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 10, 2024	0.04% (0.00045)	13.94th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00045)	11.92th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.89% (0.00885)	27.89th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	10.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 3, 2022	0.78% (0.00777)	21.50th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Apr 14, 2021	0.78% (0.00777)	0.00th	v1

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (2)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101697
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=&suid=20171113_00
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101697		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=&suid=20171113_00		x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner symantec

Published Nov 13, 2017

Updated Sep 17, 2024

Reserved Oct 17, 2017

Link CVE-2017-15525

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2017-15525

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2017-15525