Unknown vulnerability in the DNSd proxy, as used in Symantec Gateway Security 5400 2.x and 5300 1.x, Enterprise Firewall 7.0.x and 8.x, and
Unknown vulnerability in the DNSd proxy, as used in Symantec Gateway Security 5400 2.x and 5300 1.x, Enterprise Firewall 7.0.x and 8.x, and VelociRaptor 1100/1200/1300 1.5, allows remote attackers to poison the DNS cache and redirect users to malicious sites.
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We use this product, ask for help- Published
- May 2, 2005
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 1.6% · 75th percentile
- CWE
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Report tools
Action score
20
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 20 / 40 · 5.0 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 1.6%
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| symantec | enterprise firewall | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:enterprise_firewall |
| symantec | velociraptor | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:velociraptor |
| symantec | gateway security 5300 | cpe:2.3:h:symantec:gateway_security_5300 |
| symantec | gateway security 5400 | cpe:2.3:h:symantec:gateway_security_5400 |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- symantec enterprise firewall7.0
- symantec enterprise firewall8.0
- symantec gateway security 53001.0
- symantec gateway security 54002.0
- symantec velociraptormodel_1300
Same product
symantec: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2007-4422The login interface in Symantec Enterprise Firewall 6.x, when a VPN with pre-shared key (PSK) authentication is enabled, generates different38Monitor
- CVE-2002-1463Symantec Raptor Firewall 6.5 and 6.5.3, Enterprise Firewall 6.5.2 and 7.0, VelociRaptor Models 500/700/1000 and 1100/1200/1300, and Gateway 32Monitor
- CVE-2005-3768Buffer overflow in the Internet Key Exchange version 1 (IKEv1) implementation in Symantec Dynamic VPN Services, as used in Enterprise Firewa31Monitor
- CVE-2002-0538FTP proxy in Symantec Raptor Firewall 6.5.3 and Enterprise 7.0 rewrites an FTP server's "FTP PORT" responses in a way that allows remote att31Monitor
- CVE-2003-0106The HTTP proxy for Symantec Enterprise Firewall (SEF) 7.0 allows proxy users to bypass pattern matching for blocked URLs via requests that a30Monitor
- CVE-2006-2341The HTTP proxy in Symantec Gateway Security 5000 Series 2.0.1 and 3.0, and Enterprise Firewall 8.0, when NAT is being used, allows remote at21Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- none
- Integrity
- P · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- none
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Confidentiality impact
- None
- Integrity impact
- P
- Availability impact
- None
Weakness class (CWE)
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CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
nvd-primary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.
Change log
No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.
References
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2004-06/0225.html
- secunia.com/advisories/14595
- securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2005.03.15.html
- securitytracker.com/id?1013451
- www.isc.sans.org/diary.php?date=2005-03-04
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16423
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44530
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.