CVE-2012-6709

ELinks 0.12 and Twibright Links 2.3 have Missing SSL Certificate Validation.

Published: 2018-02-23 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-6709 is rated Low Risk (39.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.59%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-6709

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 0.20% 0.59% +0.39%
2 2025-07-13 0.15% 0.20% +0.06%
3 2025-03-30 — 0.15% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-6709

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.9 3.0 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:H)
Even with access, the exploit needs extra luck, timing, or a fussy environment to actually work.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 2.2 3.6 [email protected]
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/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:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-6709

OS Trackers for CVE-2012-6709

vendor priority summary link
debian low CVE-2012-6709 low priority: Debian including 2 source packages (elinks, links2), 10 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 10. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-6709
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-6709
ubuntu low CVE-2012-6709 low priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (elinks, links2), 40 status rows across 20 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): not-affected 32, DNE 2, ignored 2, needed 2, released 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-6709

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-6709

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
elinks elinks 0.12 cpe:2.3:a:elinks:elinks:0.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
twibright links 2.3 cpe:2.3:a:twibright:links:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-6709

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