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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2012-2953

The management console in Symantec Web Gateway 5.0.x before 5.0.3.18 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via crafted input to application scripts.

EXPLOIT ×2 ✓HIGH 10.0EPSS 67.4%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 67.4%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

The management console in Symantec Web Gateway 5.0.x before 5.0.3.18 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via crafted input to application scripts.

CVSS 2.0
10.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS
67.39% probability · 99th percentile
Public exploits
2 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 24 July 2012
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-78
Affected
symantec/web gateway
Source
cret@cert.org
EPSS trend
0%35%70%26 October 2026: 67.39%26 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS 67.4% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Public exploits (2)

Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.

EDB-IDTitleTypePublishedVerified
EDB-20113source ↗Symantec Web Gateway 5.0.2.18 - 'pbcontrol.php' Command Injection (Metasploit)linux · Metasploitremote27 July 2012yes
EDB-20088source ↗Symantec Web Gateway 5.0.3.18 - 'pbcontrol.php' Root Remote Code Executionlinux · mutsremote24 July 2012yes

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.