389 Directory Server before 1.2.11.6 (aka Red Hat Directory Server before 8.2.10-3), after the password for a LDAP user has been changed and before the server has been reset, allows remote attackers to read the plaintext password via the unhashed#user#password attribute.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2012-2678 is rated Low Risk (21.1/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.24%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.
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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 | 2025-07-21 | 0.29% | 0.24% | -0.05% |
| 2 | 2025-03-17 | 0.19% | 0.29% | +0.10% |
| 3 | 2023-03-07 | — | 0.19% | — |
Full EPSS history (4 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.2 | 2.0 | LOW |
|
1.9 | 2.9 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
|
unimportant | CVE-2012-2678 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (389-ds-base), 4 status rows across 4 suites (bookworm, bullseye, sid, trixie): resolved 4. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-2678 |
redhat
|
medium | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-2678 |
ubuntu
|
medium | CVE-2012-2678 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (389-ds-base), 16 status rows across 16 suites (hardy, lucid, natty, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): not-affected 6, DNE 5, ignored 4, released 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-2678 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhat | directory_server | <= 8.2 | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:directory_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | directory_server | 7.1 | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:directory_server:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | directory_server | 8.0 | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:directory_server:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | directory_server | 8.1 | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:directory_server:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| fedoraproject | 389_directory_server | <= 1.2.11.5 | cpe:2.3:a:fedoraproject:389_directory_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| fedoraproject | 389_directory_server | 1.2.1 | cpe:2.3:a:fedoraproject:389_directory_server:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| fedoraproject | 389_directory_server | 1.2.2 | cpe:2.3:a:fedoraproject:389_directory_server:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| fedoraproject | 389_directory_server | 1.2.3 | cpe:2.3:a:fedoraproject:389_directory_server:1.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| fedoraproject | 389_directory_server | 1.2.5 | cpe:2.3:a:fedoraproject:389_directory_server:1.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| fedoraproject | 389_directory_server | 1.2.5 | cpe:2.3:a:fedoraproject:389_directory_server:1.2.5:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| fedoraproject | 389_directory_server | 1.2.5 | cpe:2.3:a:fedoraproject:389_directory_server:1.2.5:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| fedoraproject | 389_directory_server | 1.2.5 | cpe:2.3:a:fedoraproject:389_directory_server:1.2.5:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| fedoraproject | 389_directory_server | 1.2.5 | cpe:2.3:a:fedoraproject:389_directory_server:1.2.5:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| fedoraproject | 389_directory_server | 1.2.6 | cpe:2.3:a:fedoraproject:389_directory_server:1.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| fedoraproject | 389_directory_server | 1.2.6 | cpe:2.3:a:fedoraproject:389_directory_server:1.2.6:a2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| fedoraproject | 389_directory_server | 1.2.6 | cpe:2.3:a:fedoraproject:389_directory_server:1.2.6:a3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| fedoraproject | 389_directory_server | 1.2.6 | cpe:2.3:a:fedoraproject:389_directory_server:1.2.6:a4:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| fedoraproject | 389_directory_server | 1.2.6 | cpe:2.3:a:fedoraproject:389_directory_server:1.2.6:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| fedoraproject | 389_directory_server | 1.2.6 | cpe:2.3:a:fedoraproject:389_directory_server:1.2.6:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| fedoraproject | 389_directory_server | 1.2.6 | cpe:2.3:a:fedoraproject:389_directory_server:1.2.6:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| fedoraproject | 389_directory_server | 1.2.6 | cpe:2.3:a:fedoraproject:389_directory_server:1.2.6:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| fedoraproject | 389_directory_server | 1.2.6 | cpe:2.3:a:fedoraproject:389_directory_server:1.2.6:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| fedoraproject | 389_directory_server | 1.2.6.1 | cpe:2.3:a:fedoraproject:389_directory_server:1.2.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| fedoraproject | 389_directory_server | 1.2.7 | cpe:2.3:a:fedoraproject:389_directory_server:1.2.7:alpha3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| fedoraproject | 389_directory_server | 1.2.7.5 | cpe:2.3:a:fedoraproject:389_directory_server:1.2.7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| fedoraproject | 389_directory_server | 1.2.8 | cpe:2.3:a:fedoraproject:389_directory_server:1.2.8:alpha1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| fedoraproject | 389_directory_server | 1.2.8 | cpe:2.3:a:fedoraproject:389_directory_server:1.2.8:alpha2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| fedoraproject | 389_directory_server | 1.2.8 | cpe:2.3:a:fedoraproject:389_directory_server:1.2.8:alpha3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| fedoraproject | 389_directory_server | 1.2.8 | cpe:2.3:a:fedoraproject:389_directory_server:1.2.8:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| fedoraproject | 389_directory_server | 1.2.8 | cpe:2.3:a:fedoraproject:389_directory_server:1.2.8:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| fedoraproject | 389_directory_server | 1.2.8.1 | cpe:2.3:a:fedoraproject:389_directory_server:1.2.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| fedoraproject | 389_directory_server | 1.2.8.2 | cpe:2.3:a:fedoraproject:389_directory_server:1.2.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| fedoraproject | 389_directory_server | 1.2.8.3 | cpe:2.3:a:fedoraproject:389_directory_server:1.2.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| fedoraproject | 389_directory_server | 1.2.9.9 | cpe:2.3:a:fedoraproject:389_directory_server:1.2.9.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| fedoraproject | 389_directory_server | 1.2.10 | cpe:2.3:a:fedoraproject:389_directory_server:1.2.10:alpha8:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| fedoraproject | 389_directory_server | 1.2.10 | cpe:2.3:a:fedoraproject:389_directory_server:1.2.10:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| fedoraproject | 389_directory_server | 1.2.10.1 | cpe:2.3:a:fedoraproject:389_directory_server:1.2.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| fedoraproject | 389_directory_server | 1.2.10.2 | cpe:2.3:a:fedoraproject:389_directory_server:1.2.10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| fedoraproject | 389_directory_server | 1.2.10.3 | cpe:2.3:a:fedoraproject:389_directory_server:1.2.10.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| fedoraproject | 389_directory_server | 1.2.10.4 | cpe:2.3:a:fedoraproject:389_directory_server:1.2.10.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| fedoraproject | 389_directory_server | 1.2.10.7 | cpe:2.3:a:fedoraproject:389_directory_server:1.2.10.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| fedoraproject | 389_directory_server | 1.2.11.1 | cpe:2.3:a:fedoraproject:389_directory_server:1.2.11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |