CVE-2012-0223

Untrusted search path vulnerability in 7-Technologies (7T) TERMIS 2.10 and earlier allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in the current working directory, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-0224.

Published: 2012-02-22 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2012-0223 is rated Moderate Risk (58.1/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.40%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-0223

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 2025-10-23 0.49% 0.40% -0.10%
2 2025-07-29 0.60% 0.49% -0.11%
3 2025-03-30 0.60%

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-0223

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-2012-0223

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2012-0223

Impact: Per: http://www.us-cert.gov/control_systems/pdf/ICSA-12-025-02A.pdf 'This vulnerability may be exploitable from a remote machine.'

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

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-0223

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
7t termis <= 2.10 cpe:2.3:a:7t:termis:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7t termis 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:7t:termis:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-0223

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