CVE-2012-4616

Directory traversal vulnerability in the Web UI in EMC Data Protection Advisor (DPA) 5.6 through SP1, 5.7 through SP1, and 5.8 through SP4 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via unspecified vectors.

Published: 2012-12-26 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-4616 is rated Moderate Risk (48.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.82%). EPSS rose +1.71% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-4616

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 0.11% 1.82% +1.71%
2 2025-03-17 0.53% 0.11% -0.42%
3 2024-09-17 — 0.53% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-4616

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:P/I:N/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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-4616

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-4616

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
emc data_protection_advisor 5.6 cpe:2.3:a:emc:data_protection_advisor:5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
emc data_protection_advisor 5.6 cpe:2.3:a:emc:data_protection_advisor:5.6:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
emc data_protection_advisor 5.7 cpe:2.3:a:emc:data_protection_advisor:5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
emc data_protection_advisor 5.7 cpe:2.3:a:emc:data_protection_advisor:5.7:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
emc data_protection_advisor 5.8 cpe:2.3:a:emc:data_protection_advisor:5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
emc data_protection_advisor 5.8 cpe:2.3:a:emc:data_protection_advisor:5.8:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
emc data_protection_advisor 5.8 cpe:2.3:a:emc:data_protection_advisor:5.8:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-4616

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