SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2012-2957

The management console in Symantec Web Gateway 5.0.x before 5.0.3.18 allows local users to gain privileges by modifying files, related to a "file inclusion" issue.

EXPLOIT ✓HIGH 7.2EPSS 59.3%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 59.3%, 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 local users to gain privileges by modifying files, related to a "file inclusion" issue.

CVSS 2.0
7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS
59.29% probability · 99th percentile
Public exploits
1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 24 July 2012
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-264
Affected
symantec/web gateway
Source
cret@cert.org
EPSS trend
0%30%60%4 November 2026: 59.29%4 November 20264 November 2026

EPSS 59.3% since 4 November 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 (1)

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-20064source ↗Symantec Web Gateway 5.0.3.18 - Local/Remote File Inclusion / Remote Command Executionlinux · mutswebapps24 July 2012yes

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