CVE-2013-4673

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2013-08-01 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

The management console on the Symantec Web Gateway (SWG) appliance before 5.1.1 does not properly implement RADIUS authentication, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by leveraging access to the login prompt.

Affected products

Symantec Web Gateway: through 5.1; 5.0, 5.0.1, 5.0.2, 5.0.3, 5.0.3.18
Symantec Web Gateway Appliance 8450: all versions
Symantec Web Gateway Appliance 8490: all versions

References

http://osvdb.org/95702
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/61105
http://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=&suid=20130725_00
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/85990
http://osvdb.org/95702
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/61105
http://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=&suid=20130725_00
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/85990

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