CVE-2012-3951

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The MySQL component in Plixer Scrutinizer (aka Dell SonicWALL Scrutinizer) 9.0.1.19899 and earlier has a default password of admin for the (1) scrutinizer and (2) scrutremote accounts, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via a TCP session.

Published: 2012-07-31 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2012-3951 is rated High Exploit Risk (77.2/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 79.50%, 99th percentile). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2012-3951

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
20355 exploit_db edb 2012-08-08 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-3951

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 2025-03-30 81.98% 79.50% -2.48%
2 2025-03-29 79.50% 81.98% +2.48%
3 2025-03-19 79.50%

Full EPSS history (23 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-3951

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P 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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-3951

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-3951

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
sonicwall scrutinizer <= 9.0.1.19899 cpe:2.3:a:sonicwall:scrutinizer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-3951

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