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CVE-2012-3579

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control
Publication date:
29/08/2012
Last modified:
11/04/2025

Description

Symantec Messaging Gateway (SMG) before 10.0 has a default password for an unspecified account, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain privileged access via an SSH session.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.90 HIGH
Vector: AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Adjacent
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0
7.90
Severity 2.0
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:messaging_gateway:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 9.5.4 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:messaging_gateway:9.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:messaging_gateway:9.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:messaging_gateway:9.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:messaging_gateway:9.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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