CVE-2008-7012

Exp

courier/1000@/api_error_email.html (aka "error reporting page") in Accellion File Transfer Appliance FTA_7_0_178, and possibly other versions before FTA_7_0_189, allows remote attackers to send spam e-mail via modified description and client_email parameters.

Published: 2009-08-19 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-7012 is rated High Exploit Risk (75.6/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.58%). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2008-7012

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
32382 exploit_db edb 2008-09-15 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-7012

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-30 6.06% 4.58% -1.48%
2 2025-03-29 4.58% 6.06% +1.48%
3 2025-03-17 — 4.58% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-7012

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.8 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 6.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-7012

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-7012

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
accellion secure_file_transfer_appliance <= 7_0_178 cpe:2.3:h:accellion:secure_file_transfer_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
accellion secure_file_transfer_appliance 7_0_135 cpe:2.3:h:accellion:secure_file_transfer_appliance:7_0_135:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-7012

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