CVE-2012-0406 EXPLOIT
7.8
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 8.6% (pctl 95)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
The DPA_Utilities.cProcessAuthenticationData function in EMC Data Protection Advisor (DPA) 5.5 through 5.8 SP1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via an AUTHENTICATECONNECTION command that (1) lacks a password field or (2) has an empty password.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.8 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
| EPSS | 8.55% — more likely to be exploited than 95% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-264 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2012-04-20 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| emc | data protection advisor |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | EMC Data Protection Advisor 5.8.1 - Denial of Service | 2012-03-31 |
References
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/dpa_1-adv.txt
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18688/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/522408/30/0/threaded
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026956
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/dpa_1-adv.txt
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18688/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/522408/30/0/threaded
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026956
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