CVE-2012-2490

Cisco IP Communicator 8.6 allows man-in-the-middle attackers to modify the Certificate Trust List via unspecified vectors, aka Bug ID CSCtz01471.

Published: 2012-08-06 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-2490 is rated Low Risk (34.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.52%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-2490

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 0.14% 0.52% +0.38%
2 2025-03-30 0.16% 0.14% -0.03%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.16% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-2490

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N 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:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-2490

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-2490

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
cisco ip_communicator 8.6 cpe:2.3:a:cisco:ip_communicator:8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-2490

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