CVE-2013-1612

high

Published 2013-06-20 · 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

8.9

Description

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.

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.

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Exploits

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

Exploit-DB

EDB-33056 dos windows

st3n · 2014-04-27

Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager 12.1.x - Overflow (SEH) (PoC)

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
symantec	endpoint_protection_manager	`12.1.0`
symantec	endpoint_protection_manager	`12.1.1`
symantec	endpoint_protection_manager	`12.1.2`
symantec	endpoint_protection_center	`12.0.0`
symantec	endpoint_protection_center	`12.0.1`

References

CWEs

CWE-119

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

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