Buffer overflow in pgpwded.sys in Symantec PGP Desktop 10.x and Encryption Desktop 10.3.0 before MP1 on Windows XP and Server 2003 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application.
CVE-2012-6533 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 4 products from symantec, from microsoft, from microsoft and 1 other, organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.
Documented in 2013, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.
2013-02-18T11:56:38.807
2025-04-11T00:51:21.963
Deferred
CVSSv2: 4.4 (MEDIUM)
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
3.4
6.4
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version/Range | Vulnerable? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | symantec | pgp_desktop | 10.0.0 | Yes |
| Application | symantec | pgp_desktop | 10.0.1 | Yes |
| Application | symantec | pgp_desktop | 10.0.2 | Yes |
| Application | symantec | pgp_desktop | 10.0.3 | Yes |
| Application | symantec | pgp_desktop | 10.1.0 | Yes |
| Application | symantec | pgp_desktop | 10.1.1 | Yes |
| Application | symantec | pgp_desktop | 10.1.2 | Yes |
| Application | symantec | pgp_desktop | 10.2.0 | Yes |
| Application | symantec | pgp_desktop | 10.2.1 | Yes |
| Operating System | microsoft | windows_2003_server | * | No |
| Operating System | microsoft | windows_xp | * | No |
| Application | symantec | encryption_desktop | 10.3.0 | Yes |
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