CVE-2012-1821 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Network Threat Protection module of Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) versions 11.0.600x through 11.0.700x when running on Windows Server 2003. An unauthenticated remote attacker can trigger a web-server outage or daemon crash/hang by flooding the system with packets, causing automated network traffic blocking. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity with low attack complexity and potential for partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
11.0.6000CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:11.0.6000:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.0.6100CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:11.0.6100:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.0.6200CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:11.0.6200:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.0.6200.754CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:11.0.6200.754:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.0.6300CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:11.0.6300:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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