3.3
LOW CVSS 2.0
CVE-2012-0300
Symantec Message Filter Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Description

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.

INFO

Published Date :

July 5, 2012, 5:55 p.m.

Last Modified :

April 11, 2025, 12:51 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

No
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2012-0300 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Symantec message_filter
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 2.0 LOW [email protected]
Solution
This information is provided by the 3rd party feeds.
  • Upgrade to Symantec Message Filter 6.3 and apply patch smf_630_p231. This patch is the last security update that will be provided for Symantec Message Filter as the software is no longer supported. Consider migrating to a different product.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2012-0300 weaknesses.

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2012-0300 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2012-0300 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54136
    Added Reference http://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=2012&suid=20120626_00
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jul. 06, 2012

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 3.3
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.43 }} 0.28%

score

0.62016

percentile