CVE-2016-9092: Symantec Content Analysis

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The Symantec Content Analysis (CA) 1.3, 2.x prior to 2.2.1.1, and Mail Threat Defense (MTD) 1.1 management consoles are susceptible to a cross-site request forging (CSRF) vulnerability. A remote attacker can use phishing or other social engineering techniques to access the management console with the privileges of an authenticated administrator user.

Affected products

• Symantec Content Analysis: version 1.3 only; version 2.1 only
• Symantec Mail Threat Defense: version 1.1 only

Published 2017-05-11. Last modified 2026-06-17.