CVE-2012-2681

Exp

Cumin before 0.1.5444, as used in Red Hat Enterprise Messaging, Realtime, and Grid (MRG) 2.0, uses predictable random numbers to generate session keys, which makes it easier for remote attackers to guess the session key.

Published: 2012-09-28 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-2681 is rated High Exploit Risk (62.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.65%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2012-2681

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-2681

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 2025-03-17 0.85% 0.65% -0.20%
2 2024-12-17 0.95% 0.85% -0.10%
3 2023-06-16 — 0.95% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-2681

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-2012-2681

OS Trackers for CVE-2012-2681

vendor priority summary link
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-2681

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-2681

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
trevor_mckay cumin <= 0.1.5192-4 cpe:2.3:a:trevor_mckay:cumin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
trevor_mckay cumin 0.1.3160-1 cpe:2.3:a:trevor_mckay:cumin:0.1.3160-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
trevor_mckay cumin 0.1.4369-1 cpe:2.3:a:trevor_mckay:cumin:0.1.4369-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
trevor_mckay cumin 0.1.4410-2 cpe:2.3:a:trevor_mckay:cumin:0.1.4410-2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
trevor_mckay cumin 0.1.4494-1 cpe:2.3:a:trevor_mckay:cumin:0.1.4494-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
trevor_mckay cumin 0.1.4794-1 cpe:2.3:a:trevor_mckay:cumin:0.1.4794-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
trevor_mckay cumin 0.1.4916-1 cpe:2.3:a:trevor_mckay:cumin:0.1.4916-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
trevor_mckay cumin 0.1.5098-2 cpe:2.3:a:trevor_mckay:cumin:0.1.5098-2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
trevor_mckay cumin 0.1.5192-1 cpe:2.3:a:trevor_mckay:cumin:0.1.5192-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_mrg 2.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_mrg:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-2681

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