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TI-2002-01856 Aliases CVE-2002-1937GHSA-4mv8-w5x5-hv29

Symantec Firewall/VPN Appliance 100 through 200R hardcodes the administrator's MAC…

Priority LOW 26Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · Partial · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

Symantec Firewall/VPN Appliance 100 through 200R hardcodes the administrator's MAC address inside the firewall's configuration, which allows remote attackers to spoof the administrator's MAC address and perform an ARP poisoning man-in-the-middle attack to obtain the administrator's password.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01346 71st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 3

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:h:symantec:firewall_vpn_appliance_100:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*all versionsVulnerableSymantec
cpe:2.3:h:symantec:firewall_vpn_appliance_200:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*all versionsVulnerableSymantec
cpe:2.3:h:symantec:firewall_vpn_appliance_200r:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*all versionsVulnerableSymantec
  • cpe:2.3:h:symantec:firewall_vpn_appliance_100:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Vulnerable ·Symantec
  • cpe:2.3:h:symantec:firewall_vpn_appliance_200:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Vulnerable ·Symantec
  • cpe:2.3:h:symantec:firewall_vpn_appliance_200r:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Vulnerable ·Symantec

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2002-1937
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-4mv8-w5x5-hv29

References

  • TI-2005-03562 Buffer overflow in the Internet Key Exchange version 1 (IKEv1) implementation in Symantec… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2004-00164 Symantec FireWall/VPN Appliance model 200 records a cleartext password for the password… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2004-01350 Symantec Enterprise Firewall/VPN Appliances 100, 200, and 200R running firmware before… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
  • TI-2004-01351 Symantec Enterprise Firewall/VPN Appliances 100, 200, and 200R running firmware before… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
  • TI-2004-01349 Symantec Enterprise Firewall/VPN Appliances 100, 200, and 200R running firmware before… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0

Sources