CVE-2012-2977
The management console in Symantec Web Gateway 5.0.x before 5.0.3.18 allows remote attackers to change arbitrary passwords via crafted input to an application script.
Does this matter?
2 public exploits are published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 2.8%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.
Description
The management console in Symantec Web Gateway 5.0.x before 5.0.3.18 allows remote attackers to change arbitrary passwords via crafted input to an application script.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 2.78% probability · 86th percentile
- Public exploits
- 2 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 21 August 2012
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- symantec/web gateway
- Source
- cret@cert.org
EPSS 2.8% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. 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.
References
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/108471
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54430
- http://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=2012&suid=20120720_00
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/108471
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54430
- http://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=2012&suid=20120720_00
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.