CVE-2012-2953

critical
Published 2012-07-23 · Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
10.0
VIR risk
10.0

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cret@cert.org — http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54426

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
symantecweb_gateway5.0
symantecweb_gateway5.0.1
symantecweb_gateway5.0.2
symantecweb_gateway5.0.3

References

CWEs

CWE-78

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