CVE-2012-0298

medium
Published 2012-05-21 · Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
6.4
VIR risk
6.4

Description

The file-management scripts in the management GUI in Symantec Web Gateway 5.0.x before 5.0.3 allow remote attackers to (1) read or (2) delete arbitrary files via unspecified vectors.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=2012&suid=20120517_00

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
symantecweb_gateway5.0
symantecweb_gateway5.0.1
symantecweb_gateway5.0.2

References

CWEs

CWE-264

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.