CVE-2012-6533

Exp

Buffer overflow in pgpwded.sys in Symantec PGP Desktop 10.x and Encryption Desktop 10.3.0 before MP1 on Windows XP and Server 2003 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application.

Published: 2013-02-18 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-6533 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.10%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2012-6533

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
38299 exploit_db edb 2012-02-25 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-6533

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 2023-03-07 1.83% 0.10% -1.74%
2 2022-02-04 — 1.83% —

Full EPSS history (2 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-6533

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.4 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 3.4 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-6533

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-6533

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
symantec pgp_desktop 10.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:pgp_desktop:10.0.0:-:*:*:*:windows:*:*
symantec pgp_desktop 10.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:pgp_desktop:10.0.1:-:*:*:*:windows:*:*
symantec pgp_desktop 10.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:pgp_desktop:10.0.2:-:*:*:*:windows:*:*
symantec pgp_desktop 10.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:pgp_desktop:10.0.3:-:*:*:*:windows:*:*
symantec pgp_desktop 10.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:pgp_desktop:10.1.0:-:*:*:*:windows:*:*
symantec pgp_desktop 10.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:pgp_desktop:10.1.1:-:*:*:*:windows:*:*
symantec pgp_desktop 10.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:pgp_desktop:10.1.2:-:*:*:*:windows:*:*
symantec pgp_desktop 10.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:pgp_desktop:10.2.0:-:*:*:*:windows:*:*
symantec pgp_desktop 10.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:pgp_desktop:10.2.1:-:*:*:*:windows:*:*
symantec encryption_desktop 10.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:encryption_desktop:10.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-6533

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