CVE-2012-5589

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Published: 2012-12-26 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-5589 is rated Low Risk (26.5/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.17%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-5589

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 0.13% 0.17% +0.04%
2 2024-09-17 0.15% 0.13% -0.02%
3 2024-02-08 — 0.15% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-5589

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
3.5 2.0 LOW
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/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:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 6.8 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-5589

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-5589

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
netgenius multilink 6.x-2.0 cpe:2.3:a:netgenius:multilink:6.x-2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netgenius multilink 6.x-2.1 cpe:2.3:a:netgenius:multilink:6.x-2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netgenius multilink 6.x-2.2 cpe:2.3:a:netgenius:multilink:6.x-2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netgenius multilink 6.x-2.3 cpe:2.3:a:netgenius:multilink:6.x-2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netgenius multilink 6.x-2.4 cpe:2.3:a:netgenius:multilink:6.x-2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netgenius multilink 6.x-2.5 cpe:2.3:a:netgenius:multilink:6.x-2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netgenius multilink 6.x-2.6 cpe:2.3:a:netgenius:multilink:6.x-2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netgenius multilink 7.x-2.x cpe:2.3:a:netgenius:multilink:7.x-2.x:dev:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-5589

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