Symantec Web Gateway Security Issues

SUMMARY Symantec's Web Gateway management console is susceptible to multiple security issues that include remote command execution, local file inclusion, arbitrary password change and SQL injection security issues. Successful exploitation could result in unauthorized command execution on or acces...

Symantec Web Gateway Management Console Remote Shell Command Execution (CVE-2012-0297)

A remote command execution vulnerability has been reported in Symantec Web Gateway. The vulnerability is due to improper input validation by the web server. A remote attacker can exploit this issue by sending a specially crafted HTTP request to the affected server. Successful exploitation could...

Targeted Attacks on Small Businesses Increase in 2012

In the first six months of 2012, 36 percent of targeted attacks focused on small businesses of fewer than 250 employees, and there were an average of 58 attacks per day, according to a new research report. At the end of 2011, small businesses were on the receiving end of only 18 percent of such...

More Malware Using a Remote Payload Discovered on Google Play

Symantec is warning of new malware masquerading as two apps on Google Play that claimed up to 100,000 victims before the Trojan was removed. Both “Super Mario Bros.” and “GTA 3 Moscow City” racked up 50,000 to 100,000 downloads after being posted June 24 on Google Play. “What is most interesting...

NGS00162 Patch Notification: Symantec Message Filter Session Hijacking via session fixation

High Risk Vulnerability in Symantec Message Filter 2 July 2012 Ben Williams of NCC Group has discovered a High risk vulnerability in Symantec Message Filter Impact: Session Hijacking via session fixation Versions affected: Symantec Message Filter Version 6.3 An updated version of the software has...

Symantec Message Filter session hijacking

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Symantec pcAnywhere 'awhost32' RCE Vulnerability

Symantec pcAnywhere is prone to a remote code execution RCE vulnerability. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2012 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only CPE =...

Symantec pcAnywhere Access Server Remote Detection

Detection of Symantec pcAnywhere Access Server. The script sends a connection request to the server and attempts to extract the response. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2012 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right...

CVE-2012-0303

Multiple cross-site request forgery CSRF vulnerabilities in Brightmail Control Center in Symantec Message Filter 6.3 allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users for requests that 1 execute application commands or 2 create admin accounts...

CVE-2012-0301

Session fixation vulnerability in Brightmail Control Center in Symantec Message Filter 6.3 allows remote attackers to hijack web sessions via unspecified vectors...

CVE-2012-0302

Cross-site scripting XSS vulnerability in Brightmail Control Center in Symantec Message Filter 6.3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors...

Cross site scripting

Cross-site scripting XSS vulnerability in Brightmail Control Center in Symantec Message Filter 6.3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors...

Cross site request forgery (csrf)

Multiple cross-site request forgery CSRF vulnerabilities in Brightmail Control Center in Symantec Message Filter 6.3 allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users for requests that 1 execute application commands or 2 create admin accounts...

Information disclosure

Brightmail Control Center in Symantec Message Filter 6.3 does not properly restrict establishment of sessions to the listening port, which allows remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive version information via unspecified vectors...

CVE-2012-0300

Brightmail Control Center in Symantec Message Filter 6.3 does not properly restrict establishment of sessions to the listening port, which allows remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive version information via unspecified vectors...

Session fixation

Session fixation vulnerability in Brightmail Control Center in Symantec Message Filter 6.3 allows remote attackers to hijack web sessions via unspecified vectors...

CVE-2012-0301

Symantec Message Filter’s Brightmail Control Center (web interface) 6.3 is tied to CVE-2012-0301, a session-fixation vulnerability that can allow an attacker to hijack a legitimate user session via unspecified vectors. The linked open-source advisories and vendor notes confirm that this issue aff...

CVE-2012-0300

CVE-2012-0300 affects Symantec Message Filter’s Brightmail Control Center/web management interface (Symantec Message Filter 6.3 and prior). Root cause: improper restriction of sessions to the listening port enables remote disclosure of potentially sensitive version information via unspecified vec...

CVE-2012-0303

The CVE-2012-0303 entry applies to Symantec Message Filter’s Brightmail Control Center (web management interface) and describes multiple CSRF vulnerabilities in version 6.3 that allow remote attackers to hijack user authentication for actions such as executing commands or creating an admin accoun...

CVE-2012-0302

CVE-2012-0302 concerns an XSS vulnerability in Brightmail Control Center (the web management interface for Symantec Message Filter) version 6.3. The issue arises from insufficient input validation in the Brightmail Control Center, allowing remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML v...