CVE-2013-1612

Exp

Buffer overflow in secars.dll in the management console in Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager (SEPM) 12.1.x before 12.1.3, and Symantec Endpoint Protection Center (SPC) Small Business Edition 12.0.x, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

Published: 2013-06-19 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2013-1612 is rated High Exploit Risk (79.8/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.38%, 90th percentile). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.68% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2013-1612

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
33056 exploit_db edb 2014-04-27 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-1612

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 2026-06-15 2.70% 4.38% +1.68%
2 2026-03-13 3.44% 2.70% -0.74%
3 2025-03-19 3.44%

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-1612

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.9 2.0 HIGH
AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:A)
Requires access to an adjacent network segment.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
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.
5.5 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2013-1612

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-1612

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
symantec endpoint_protection_manager 12.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection_manager:12.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec endpoint_protection_manager 12.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection_manager:12.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec endpoint_protection_manager 12.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection_manager:12.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec endpoint_protection_center 12.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection_center:12.0.0:-:small_business:*:*:*:*:*
symantec endpoint_protection_center 12.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection_center:12.0.1:-:small_business:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-1612

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