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CVE-2010-2305

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 20.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2010-06-16 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Buffer overflow in an ActiveX control in SSHelper.dll for Symantec Sygate Personal Firewall 5.6 build 2808 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long third argument to the SetRegString method.

Affected products

• Symantec Sygate Personal Firewall: 5.6

References

• http://osvdb.org/65539
• http://www.corelan.be:8800/index.php/forum/security-advisories/10-050-sygate-personal-firewall-5-6-build-2808-activex/
• http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/13834
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/59408
• http://osvdb.org/65539
• http://www.corelan.be:8800/index.php/forum/security-advisories/10-050-sygate-personal-firewall-5-6-build-2808-activex/
• http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/13834
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/59408

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