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critical 9.3

CVE-2010-2305 in the critical feed json

Buffer overflow in an ActiveX control in SSHelper.dll for Symantec Sygate Personal Firewall 5.6 build 2808 allows remote attackers to execu…

published 16y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2010-2315

cvss
9.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
20.0%
EPSS 20.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 97%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Buffer overflow in an ActiveX control in SSHelper.dll for Symantec Sygate Personal Firewall 5.6 build 2808 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long third argument to the SetRegString method.

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Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-13834)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

19.97% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-13834 Sygate Personal Firewall 5.6 build 2808 - ActiveX with DEP Bypass remote, 2010-06-11
  • corelan.be http://www.corelan.be:8800/index.php/forum/security-advisories/10-050-sygate-personal-firewall-5-6-build-2808-activex/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 9.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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