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CVE-2012-4351· NVD / CVE Program· CNA mitre

Integer overflow in pgpwded.sys in Symantec PGP Desktop 10.x and Encryption Desktop 10.3.0 before MP1 allows local users to gain privileges

Integer overflow in pgpwded.sys in Symantec PGP Desktop 10.x and Encryption Desktop 10.3.0 before MP1 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application.

MediumCVSS 6.9 · v2.0—No exploit No fix recorded
Published
Feb 18, 2013
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
0.3% · 16th percentile
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Action score

27

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CVSS
27 / 40 · 6.9 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.3%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
symantecencryption desktop
symantecpgp desktop

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • symantec encryption desktop10.3.0
  • symantec pgp desktop10.0.0
  • symantec pgp desktop10.0.1
  • symantec pgp desktop10.0.2
  • symantec pgp desktop10.0.3
  • symantec pgp desktop10.1.0
  • symantec pgp desktop10.1.1
  • symantec pgp desktop10.1.2
  • symantec pgp desktop10.2.0
  • symantec pgp desktop10.2.1

Same product

symantec: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

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    31Monitor
  • CVE-2013-1610Unquoted Windows search path vulnerability in RDDService in Symantec PGP Desktop 10.0.x through 10.2.x and Symantec Encryption Desktop 10.3.
    27Monitor
  • CVE-2017-6330Symantec Encryption Desktop before SED 10.4.1MP2 can allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via crafted
    26Monitor
  • CVE-2017-13682In Symantec Encryption Desktop before SED 10.4.1 MP2HF1, a kernel memory leak is a type of resource leak that can occur when a computer prog
    22Monitor
  • CVE-2014-3431Symantec PGP Desktop 10.x, and Encryption Desktop Professional 10.3.x before 10.3.2 MP2, on OS X uses world-writable permissions for tempora
    17Monitor
  • CVE-2017-13679A denial of service (DoS) attack in Symantec Encryption Desktop before SED 10.4.1 MP2HF1 allows remote attackers to make a particular machin
    16Monitor

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

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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

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No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

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Patch and commit links

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Credits

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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

    If successful

    Confidentiality
    C · data can be read
    Integrity
    C · data or configuration can be modified
    Availability
    C · the service can be disrupted
    Attack complexity
    M
    Confidentiality impact
    C
    Integrity impact
    C
    Availability impact
    C

    Weakness class (CWE)

    CWE-189 · Numeric Errors

    CVSS vector

    AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

    nvd-primary

    Attack context

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    Change log

    No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

    References

    Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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