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CVE-2012-2976

• Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 5.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2012-07-23 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-78

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.

Affected products

• Symantec Web Gateway: 5.0, 5.0.1, 5.0.2, 5.0.3

References

• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/108471
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54427
• 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/54427
• http://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=2012&suid=20120720_00

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