CVE-2012-4884

Argument injection vulnerability in Request Tracker (RT) 3.8.x before 3.8.15 and 4.0.x before 4.0.8 allows remote attackers to create arbitrary files via unspecified vectors related to the GnuPG client.

Published: 2012-11-11 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-4884 is rated Moderate Risk (46.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.57%). EPSS rose +1.32% 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-2012-4884

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 0.24% 1.57% +1.32%
2 2025-03-30 0.29% 0.24% -0.05%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.29% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-4884

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

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-4884

OS Trackers for CVE-2012-4884

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2012-4884 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (request-tracker4), 2 status rows across 2 suites (bookworm, bullseye): resolved 2. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-4884
ubuntu medium CVE-2012-4884 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (request-tracker3.8, request-tracker4), 30 status rows across 15 suites (hardy, lucid, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): DNE 14, not-affected 8, released 5, ignored 3. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-4884

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-4884

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
bestpractical rt 3.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:3.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 3.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:3.8.0:preflight1:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 3.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:3.8.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 3.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:3.8.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 3.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:3.8.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 3.8.1 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:3.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 3.8.1 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:3.8.1:preflight0:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 3.8.1 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:3.8.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 3.8.1 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:3.8.1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 3.8.1 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:3.8.1:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 3.8.1 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:3.8.1:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 3.8.1 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:3.8.1:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 3.8.2 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:3.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 3.8.2 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:3.8.2:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 3.8.2 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:3.8.2:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 3.8.3 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:3.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 3.8.3 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:3.8.3:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 3.8.3 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:3.8.3:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 3.8.4 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:3.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 3.8.4 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:3.8.4:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 3.8.5 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:3.8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 3.8.6 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:3.8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 3.8.6 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:3.8.6:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 3.8.7 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:3.8.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 3.8.7 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:3.8.7:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 3.8.8 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:3.8.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 3.8.8 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:3.8.8:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 3.8.8 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:3.8.8:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 3.8.8 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:3.8.8:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 3.8.9 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:3.8.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 3.8.9 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:3.8.9:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 3.8.9 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:3.8.9:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 3.8.9 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:3.8.9:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 3.8.10 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:3.8.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 3.8.10 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:3.8.10:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 3.8.11 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:3.8.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 3.8.11 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:3.8.11:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 3.8.11 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:3.8.11:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 3.8.12 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:3.8.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 3.8.13 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:3.8.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 3.8.13 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:3.8.13:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 3.8.13 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:3.8.13:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 3.8.14 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:3.8.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 3.8.14 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:3.8.14:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 4.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 4.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:4.0.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 4.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:4.0.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 4.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:4.0.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 4.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:4.0.0:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 4.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:4.0.0:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 4.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:4.0.0:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 4.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:4.0.0:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 4.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:4.0.0:rc8:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 4.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 4.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:4.0.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 4.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:4.0.1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 4.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 4.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:4.0.2:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 4.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:4.0.2:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 4.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:4.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 4.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:4.0.3:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 4.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:4.0.3:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 4.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:4.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 4.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:4.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 4.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:4.0.5:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 4.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:4.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 4.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:4.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 4.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:4.0.7:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 4.0.8 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:4.0.8:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 4.0.8 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:4.0.8:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-4884

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