CVE-2012-3579 (GCVE-0-2012-3579)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2012-08-29 10:00
Modified
2024-08-06 20:13
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
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.
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