{
    "id": "CVE-2012-0406",
    "published": "2012-04-20 04:02:52",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-16 23:37:13",
    "cvss_score": "7.8",
    "cvss_severity": "HIGH",
    "cvss_version": "2.0",
    "cvss_vector": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C",
    "cwe": "CWE-264",
    "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.",
    "epss_score": "0.08552",
    "epss_percentile": "0.94914",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-10-03 18:17:11",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "emc",
            "product": "data_protection_advisor"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "18688",
            "title": "EMC Data Protection Advisor 5.8.1 - Denial of Service",
            "date": "2012-03-31",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18688"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "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"
    ]
}