CVE-2012-2606

The agent in Bradford Network Sentry before 5.3.3 does not require authentication for messages, which allows remote attackers to trigger the display of arbitrary text on a workstation via a crafted packet to UDP port 4567, as demonstrated by a replay attack.

Published: 2012-06-13 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-2606 is rated Moderate Risk (43.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.07%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-2606

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 5.80% 2.07% -3.73%
2 2025-09-18 0.91% 5.80% +4.90%
3 2025-03-17 — 0.91% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-2606

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-2012-2606

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-2606

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
bradfordnetworks network_sentry_appliance_software <= 5.3 cpe:2.3:a:bradfordnetworks:network_sentry_appliance_software:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bradfordnetworks network_sentry_appliance ns500rx cpe:2.3:h:bradfordnetworks:network_sentry_appliance:ns500rx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bradfordnetworks network_sentry_appliance ns500x cpe:2.3:h:bradfordnetworks:network_sentry_appliance:ns500x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-2606

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