CVE-2012-5968

The Huawei E585 device does not validate the status of admin sessions, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive user information and the session ID, and modify data, by leveraging access to the LAN network.

Published: 2012-12-19 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-5968 is rated Low Risk (27.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.08%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-5968

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 2025-09-20 0.04% 0.08% +0.03%
2 2025-03-30 0.08% 0.04% -0.04%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.08% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-5968

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:A)
Requires access to an adjacent network segment.
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:N)
No availability impact.
 6.5 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-5968

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-5968

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
huawei e585 — cpe:2.3:h:huawei:e585:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
huawei e585u-82 — cpe:2.3:h:huawei:e585u-82:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-5968

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