CVE-2012-0224

Untrusted search path vulnerability in 7-Technologies (7T) AQUIS 1.5 and earlier allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in the current working directory, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-0223.

Published: 2012-02-21 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published

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Conclusion & alert: CVE-2012-0224 is rated High Risk (65.1/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.81%). Core evidence: EPSS rose +1.41% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-0224

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	0.40%	1.81%	+1.41%
2	2025-10-21	0.49%	0.40%	-0.10%
3	2025-07-27	—	0.49%	—

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-0224

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-2012-0224

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2012-0224

Impact: Per: http://www.us-cert.gov/control_systems/pdf/ICSA-12-025-02.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-2012-0224

Vendor	Product	Version	Raw CPE
7t	aquis	<= 1.5	cpe:2.3:a:7t:aquis::::::::

References for CVE-2012-0224

URL	Tags
http://www.us-cert.gov/control_systems/pdf/ICSA-12-025-01.pdf	Patch US Government Resource

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