Vulnerability in Symantec Pgp Universal Server

CVE-2012-3582

Symantec PGP Universal Server 3.2.x before 3.2.1 MP2 does not properly manage sessions that include key search requests, which might allow remote attackers to read a private key in opportunistic circumstances by making a request near the end of a user's session.

Published 2012-09-04 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 2.9 (Low). Vector: AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (47.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 48th percentile — 47.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Symantec Pgp Universal Server — versions 3.2.0, 3.2.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-264

References

www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp (Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/55246 (vdb-entry)
www.securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)