CVE-2012-0187

Untrusted search path vulnerability in IBM Lotus Expeditor 6.1.x and 6.2.x before 6.2 FP5+Security Pack allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in the current working directory.

Published: 2012-06-22 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-0187 is rated Moderate Risk (63.7/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.60%). EPSS rose +1.14% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-0187

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 2026-06-15 0.46% 1.60% +1.14%
2 2026-02-21 0.57% 0.46% -0.11%
3 2025-11-27 — 0.57% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-0187

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.3 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 8.6 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-0187

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2012-0187

Comment: Per: http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/426.html 'CWE-426: Untrusted Search Path'

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-0187

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
ibm lotus_expeditor 6.1 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:lotus_expeditor:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm lotus_expeditor 6.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:lotus_expeditor:6.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm lotus_expeditor 6.2 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:lotus_expeditor:6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm lotus_expeditor 6.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:lotus_expeditor:6.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm lotus_expeditor 6.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:lotus_expeditor:6.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm lotus_expeditor 6.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:lotus_expeditor:6.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-0187

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