CVE-2012-0741

IBM Security AppScan Enterprise before 8.6.0.2 and Rational Policy Tester before 8.5.0.3 do not validate X.509 certificates during use of the Manual Explore Proxy feature, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via an arbitrary certificate.

Published: 2012-12-28 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-0741 is rated Low Risk (33.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.14%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-0741

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 0.17% 0.14% -0.03%
2 2025-03-29 0.08% 0.17% +0.08%
3 2023-03-07 — 0.08% —

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-0741

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N 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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 8.6 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-0741

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-0741

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
ibm security_appscan 6.0.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:security_appscan:6.0.0.0:-:enterprise:*:*:*:*:*
ibm security_appscan 6.0.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:security_appscan:6.0.1.0:-:enterprise:*:*:*:*:*
ibm security_appscan 6.0.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:security_appscan:6.0.2.0:-:enterprise:*:*:*:*:*
ibm security_appscan 6.1.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:security_appscan:6.1.1.0:-:enterprise:*:*:*:*:*
ibm security_appscan 8.0.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:security_appscan:8.0.0.0:-:enterprise:*:*:*:*:*
ibm security_appscan 8.0.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:security_appscan:8.0.0.1:-:enterprise:*:*:*:*:*
ibm security_appscan 8.5.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:security_appscan:8.5.0.0:-:enterprise:*:*:*:*:*
ibm security_appscan 8.5.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:security_appscan:8.5.0.1:-:enterprise:*:*:*:*:*
ibm security_appscan 8.6.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:security_appscan:8.6.0.0:-:enterprise:*:*:*:*:*
ibm rational_policy_tester <= 8.5.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:rational_policy_tester:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm rational_policy_tester 5.5.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:rational_policy_tester:5.5.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm rational_policy_tester 5.5.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:rational_policy_tester:5.5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm rational_policy_tester 5.5.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:rational_policy_tester:5.5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm rational_policy_tester 5.6.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:rational_policy_tester:5.6.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm rational_policy_tester 5.6.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:rational_policy_tester:5.6.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm rational_policy_tester 5.6.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:rational_policy_tester:5.6.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm rational_policy_tester 5.6.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:rational_policy_tester:5.6.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm rational_policy_tester 8.0.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:rational_policy_tester:8.0.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm rational_policy_tester 8.0.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:rational_policy_tester:8.0.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm rational_policy_tester 8.0.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:rational_policy_tester:8.0.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm rational_policy_tester 8.0.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:rational_policy_tester:8.0.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm rational_policy_tester 8.0.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:rational_policy_tester:8.0.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm rational_policy_tester 8.5.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:rational_policy_tester:8.5.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm rational_policy_tester 8.5.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:rational_policy_tester:8.5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm security_appscan <= 8.6.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:security_appscan:*:-:enterprise:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-0741

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