CVE-2012-2976

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 shell commands via crafted input to application scripts, related to an "injection" issue.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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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.