CVE-2012-6580

Best Practical Solutions RT 3.8.x before 3.8.15 and 4.0.x before 4.0.8, when GnuPG is enabled, does not ensure that the UI labels unencrypted messages as unencrypted, which might make it easier for remote attackers to spoof details of a message's origin or interfere with encryption-policy auditing via an e-mail message to a queue's address.

Published: 2013-07-24 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-6580 is rated Low Risk (33.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.64%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-6580

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 0.13% 0.64% +0.50%
2 2025-03-30 0.21% 0.13% -0.08%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.21% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-6580

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/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: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:N)
No availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-6580

OS Trackers for CVE-2012-6580

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2012-6580 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-2012-6580
ubuntu medium CVE-2012-6580 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (request-tracker3.8, request-tracker4), 26 status rows across 13 suites (lucid, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): DNE 12, not-affected 7, ignored 5, released 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-6580

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-6580

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
bestpractical request_tracker 3.8.3 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:request_tracker:3.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical request_tracker 3.8.4 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:request_tracker:3.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical request_tracker 3.8.7 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:request_tracker:3.8.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical request_tracker 3.8.9 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:request_tracker:3.8.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical request_tracker 3.8.10 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:request_tracker:3.8.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical request_tracker 3.8.11 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:request_tracker:3.8.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical request_tracker 3.8.12 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:request_tracker:3.8.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical request_tracker 3.8.13 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:request_tracker:3.8.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical request_tracker 3.8.14 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:request_tracker:3.8.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical request_tracker 4.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:request_tracker:4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical request_tracker 4.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:request_tracker:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical request_tracker 4.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:request_tracker:4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical request_tracker 4.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:request_tracker:4.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical request_tracker 4.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:request_tracker:4.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical request_tracker 4.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:request_tracker:4.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical request_tracker 4.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:request_tracker:4.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical request_tracker 4.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:request_tracker:4.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-6580

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