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TI-2012-00288 Aliases CVE-2012-0301GHSA-9698-9w5g-vr43

Session fixation vulnerability in Brightmail Control Center in Symantec Message Filter…

Priority LOW 26CWE-287Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Adjacent network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Medium
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Partial · Partial · Partial
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-287.

Summary

Session fixation vulnerability in Brightmail Control Center in Symantec Message Filter 6.3 allows remote attackers to hijack web sessions via unspecified vectors.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00772 55th 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 · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:message_filter:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 6.3VulnerableSymantec
  • cpe:2.3:a:symantec:message_filter:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 6.3 Vulnerable ·Symantec

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2012-0301
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9698-9w5g-vr43

References

Advisory 1

  • TI-2012-00290 Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in Brightmail Control Center… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.8
  • TI-2012-00289 Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Brightmail Control Center in Symantec Message… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.3
  • TI-2012-00287 Brightmail Control Center in Symantec Message Filter 6.3 does not properly restrict… CVSS 2.0LOW 3.3

Sources

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