CVE-2012-6530

Exp

Stack-based buffer overflow in Sysax Multi Server before 5.52, when HTTP is enabled, allows remote authenticated users with the create folder permission to execute arbitrary code via a crafted request.

Published: 2013-01-31 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2012-6530 is rated High Exploit Risk (77.9/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 63.82%, 98th percentile). Core evidence: 6 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2012-6530

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
18420 exploit_db edb 2012-01-26 Exploit-DB ↗
18382 exploit_db edb 2012-01-18 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-6530

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 2025-03-30 63.71% 63.82% +0.11%
2 2025-03-29 63.82% 63.71% -0.11%
3 2025-03-23 63.82%

Full EPSS history (20 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-6530

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.1 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
Authentication (AU:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
3.9 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-6530

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-6530

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
sysax multi_server <= 5.50 cpe:2.3:a:sysax:multi_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sysax multi_server 4.3 cpe:2.3:a:sysax:multi_server:4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sysax multi_server 4.5 cpe:2.3:a:sysax:multi_server:4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-6530

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