Symantec Messaging Gateway up to 9.5.1 information disclosure

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A vulnerability was found in Symantec Messaging Gateway up to 9.5.1. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Symantec Messaging Gateway (SMG) before 10.0 allows remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information about component versions via unspecified vectors.

The weakness was disclosed 08/29/2012 by Ben Williams (Website). The advisory is shared at symantec.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2012-3581 since 06/19/2012. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack can only be done within the local network. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 62010 (Symantec Messaging Gateway 9.5.x Multiple Vulnerabilities (SYM12-013)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 12594 (Symantec Messaging Gateway Multiple Vulnerabilities (SYM12-013)).

Upgrading to version 9.5.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (78033) and Tenable (62010). The entries 6023, 7091, 61936 and 61935 are pretty similar.

Productinfo

Vendor

Symantec

Name

Messaging Gateway

Version

License

commercial

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.1

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
ATT&CK: T1592

Local: No
Remote: Partially

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Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 62010
Nessus Name: Symantec Messaging Gateway 9.5.x Multiple Vulnerabilities (SYM12-013)
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OpenVAS ID: 802453
OpenVAS Name: Symantec Messaging Gateway Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Messaging Gateway 9.5.2
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Timelineinfo

06/19/2012 🔍
08/27/2012 +69 days 🔍
08/27/2012 +0 days 🔍
08/29/2012 +2 days 🔍
08/29/2012 +0 days 🔍
09/03/2012 +5 days 🔍
03/23/2015 +931 days 🔍
12/12/2021 +2456 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: symantec.com

Advisory: symantec.com
Researcher: Ben Williams
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2012-3581 (🔍)
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X-Force: 78033
Vulnerability Center: 36048 - Symantec Messaging Gateway Before 10.0 Remote Information Disclosure Vulnerability, Medium
SecurityFocus: 55142 - Symantec Messaging Gateway CVE-2012-3581 Information Disclosure Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 12/12/2021 18:43
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (63), 04/16/2017 11:20 (13), 12/12/2021 18:43 (4)
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