CVE-2012-6348

Centrify Deployment Manager 2.1.0.283, as distributed in Centrify Suite before 2012.5, allows local users to (1) overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the adcheckDMoutput temporary file, or (2) overwrite arbitrary files and consequently gain privileges via a symlink attack on the centrify.cmd.0 temporary file.

Published: 2013-01-04 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2012-6348 is rated Low Risk (21.4/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.31%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-6348

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 0.08% 0.31% +0.23%
2 2025-08-11 0.05% 0.08% +0.04%
3 2025-03-30 0.05%

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-6348

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
3.3 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
3.4 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-6348

Vendor comments (NVD) for CVE-2012-6348

  • Centrify (2013-02-08T00:00:00)

    Centrify had addressed this issue in an update released on Thursday, Dec 13. The Deployment Manager component is updated to 2.1.5 and it is available in the Suite 2012.5 release, which can be downloaded from: http://www.centrify.com/support/downloadcenter.asp.

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-6348

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
centrify centrify_deployment_manager 2.1.0.283 cpe:2.3:a:centrify:centrify_deployment_manager:2.1.0.283:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
centrify centrify_suite <= 2012 cpe:2.3:a:centrify:centrify_suite:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-6348

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