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CVE-2012-2977 Details

Description

The management console in Symantec Web Gateway 5.0.x before 5.0.3.18 allows remote attackers to change arbitrary passwords via crafted input to an application script.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-264Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
symantec web gateway
5.0
5.0.1
5.0.2
5.0.3

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:symantec:web_gateway:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:symantec:web_gateway:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:symantec:web_gateway:5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:symantec:web_gateway:5.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes


QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2012-2977
NVD Published Date:
Jul 23, 2012
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2012-2977 Details - Not Deferred