CVE-2012-3579

highpriority · attend · 56EPSS 0.402 · 99 %ileexploit · weaponizedEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

2 exploits · weaponized

Likely / severe?

40.2% (99th) EPSS

CVSS 7.9 · high

Is it mine?

6 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

3 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

Symantec Messaging Gateway (SMG) before 10.0 has a default password for an unspecified account, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain privileged access via an SSH session.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.9

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.07.9highAV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 5.5 · impact 10

v2.07.9highAV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C/E:Hsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-264USprimary

exploits (2)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

exploit/linux/ssh/symantec_smg_sshSymantec Messaging Gateway 9.5 Default SSH Password Vulnerabilityweaponized · metasploit
EDB-21136Symantec Messaging Gateway 9.5/9.5.1 - SSH Default Password Security Bypass (Metasploit)functional · exploit_db

affected products (6)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
symantec messaging gateway≤ 9.5.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:symantec:messaging_gateway:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec messaging gateway= 9.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:symantec:messaging_gateway:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec messaging gateway= 9.5.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:symantec:messaging_gateway:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec messaging gateway= 9.5.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:symantec:messaging_gateway:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec messaging gateway= 9.5.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:symantec:messaging_gateway:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2012-08-29modified 2026-06-16

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references (12)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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