CVE-2012-2953

Exp

The management console in Symantec Web Gateway 5.0.x before 5.0.3.18 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via crafted input to application scripts.

Published: 2012-07-23 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-2953 is rated High Exploit Risk (92.2/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 83.41%, 99th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +2.50% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2012-2953

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
20113 exploit_db edb 2012-07-27 Exploit-DB ↗
20088 exploit_db edb 2012-07-24 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-2953

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-12-19 80.90% 83.41% +2.50%
2 2025-04-08 81.89% 80.90% -0.98%
3 2025-03-30 — 81.89% —

Full EPSS history (20 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-2953

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
10.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 10.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-2953

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-2953

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
symantec web_gateway 5.0 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:web_gateway:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec web_gateway 5.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:web_gateway:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec web_gateway 5.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:web_gateway:5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec web_gateway 5.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:web_gateway:5.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-2953

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