CVE-2012-2953

critical

Published 2012-07-23 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

10.0

Description

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-20113 remote linux verified

Metasploit · 2012-07-27

Symantec Web Gateway 5.0.2.18 - 'pbcontrol.php' Command Injection (Metasploit)

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

EDB-20088 remote linux verified

muts · 2012-07-24

Symantec Web Gateway 5.0.3.18 - 'pbcontrol.php' Root Remote Code Execution

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

Metasploit modules

exploit_linux/http/symantec_web_gateway_pbcontrol rank 600

Symantec Web Gateway 5.0.2.18 pbcontrol.php Command Injection

Source fetch failed: fetch_error — view the original via the link above.

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
symantec	web_gateway	`5.0`
symantec	web_gateway	`5.0.1`
symantec	web_gateway	`5.0.2`
symantec	web_gateway	`5.0.3`

References

CWEs

CWE-78

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.