CVE-2012-4347 describes multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in the management console of Symantec Messaging Gateway (SMG) 9.5.x. These flaws allow remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files on the system. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity. It is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, requiring no authentication, and primarily impacts confidentiality by allowing unauthorized file access. While not listed on CISA's KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available, including a Metasploit module and an ExploitDB entry. Despite this, there is no evidence of active exploitation, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
9.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:messaging_gateway:9.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:messaging_gateway:9.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.5.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:messaging_gateway:9.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.5.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:messaging_gateway:9.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.5.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:messaging_gateway:9.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.