CVE-2012-3052

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Cisco VPN Client 5.0 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in the current working directory, aka Bug ID CSCua28747.

Published: 2012-09-16 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-3052 is rated Low Risk (39.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.42%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-3052

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% 0.42% +0.28%
2 2025-03-17 0.05% 0.14% +0.09%
3 2023-03-07 — 0.05% —

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-3052

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.9 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 3.4 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-3052

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2012-3052

Comment: Per: http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/426.html 'CWE-426: Untrusted Search Path'

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-3052

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
cisco vpn_client 5.0 cpe:2.3:a:cisco:vpn_client:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco vpn_client 5.0.01 cpe:2.3:a:cisco:vpn_client:5.0.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco vpn_client 5.0.01.0600 cpe:2.3:a:cisco:vpn_client:5.0.01.0600:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco vpn_client 5.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:cisco:vpn_client:5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco vpn_client 5.0.02.0090 cpe:2.3:a:cisco:vpn_client:5.0.02.0090:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco vpn_client 5.0.2.0090 cpe:2.3:a:cisco:vpn_client:5.0.2.0090:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco vpn_client 5.0.03.0530 cpe:2.3:a:cisco:vpn_client:5.0.03.0530:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco vpn_client 5.0.03.0560 cpe:2.3:a:cisco:vpn_client:5.0.03.0560:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco vpn_client 5.0.04.0300 cpe:2.3:a:cisco:vpn_client:5.0.04.0300:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco vpn_client 5.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:cisco:vpn_client:5.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco vpn_client 5.0.05.0290 cpe:2.3:a:cisco:vpn_client:5.0.05.0290:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco vpn_client 5.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:cisco:vpn_client:5.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco vpn_client 5.0.06.0160 cpe:2.3:a:cisco:vpn_client:5.0.06.0160:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco vpn_client 5.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:cisco:vpn_client:5.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco vpn_client 5.0.07.0290 cpe:2.3:a:cisco:vpn_client:5.0.07.0290:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco vpn_client 5.0.07.0410 cpe:2.3:a:cisco:vpn_client:5.0.07.0410:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco vpn_client 5.0.07.0440 cpe:2.3:a:cisco:vpn_client:5.0.07.0440:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-3052

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