CVE-2012-1198

Exp

base_ag_main.php in Basic Analysis and Security Engine (BASE) 1.4.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by uploading contents of the file with an executable extension via a create action, then accessing it via a view action.

Published: 2012-02-18 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2012-1198 is rated High Exploit Risk (75.9/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.09%). Core evidence: 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: 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-2012-1198

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
36760 exploit_db edb 2012-02-11 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-1198

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 2026-06-07 4.23% 4.09% -0.15%
2 2026-03-25 4.69% 4.23% -0.46%
3 2026-02-02 4.69%

Full EPSS history (19 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-1198

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P 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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-1198

OS Trackers for CVE-2012-1198

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2012-1198 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (acidbase), 17 status rows across 17 suites (hardy, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): DNE 8, ignored 8, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-1198

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-1198

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
secureideas basic_analysis_and_security_engine 1.4.5 cpe:2.3:a:secureideas:basic_analysis_and_security_engine:1.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-1198

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