CVE-2012-0406

Exp

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.

Published: 2012-04-20 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-0406 is rated High Exploit Risk (75.9/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 9.04%, 93th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2012-0406

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
18688 exploit_db edb 2012-03-31 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-0406

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 2026-05-26 11.76% 9.04% -2.72%
2 2026-03-12 14.53% 11.76% -2.77%
3 2025-12-20 — 14.53% —

Full EPSS history (15 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-0406

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:N/A:C 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:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 10.0 6.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-0406

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-0406

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
emc data_protection_advisor 5.5 cpe:2.3:a:emc:data_protection_advisor:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
emc data_protection_advisor 5.5 cpe:2.3:a:emc:data_protection_advisor:5.5:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
emc data_protection_advisor 5.6 cpe:2.3:a:emc:data_protection_advisor:5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
emc data_protection_advisor 5.6 cpe:2.3:a:emc:data_protection_advisor:5.6:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
emc data_protection_advisor 5.7 cpe:2.3:a:emc:data_protection_advisor:5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
emc data_protection_advisor 5.7 cpe:2.3:a:emc:data_protection_advisor:5.7:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
emc data_protection_advisor 5.8 cpe:2.3:a:emc:data_protection_advisor:5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
emc data_protection_advisor 5.8 cpe:2.3:a:emc:data_protection_advisor:5.8:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-0406

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