THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2012-0439
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2012-0439

Groupwise vulnerability

CVSS
9.3
EPSS
39.2%
EPSS pct
98th
Exploited
No known
An ActiveX control in gwcls1.dll in the client in Novell GroupWise 8.0 before 8.0.3 HP2 and 2012 before SP1 HP1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a pointer argument to the SetEngine method or (2) an XPItem pointer argument to an unspecified method.
Affected vendor
Novell
Affected product
Groupwise
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2013-02-24

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 39.2% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 98% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2012-0439

  • Confirm whether Novell Groupwise is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2012-0439.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

How ThreatPort helps with CVE-2012-0439

ThreatPort's external attack surface scanner checks your internet-facing assets — agentlessly, from the outside in — for the exposed services and versions that CVE-2012-0439 affects, then prioritises the finding by real risk using CISA KEV and FIRST.org EPSS.

Run a free external exposure scan

Are you exposed to CVE-2012-0439?

Run an instant, non-intrusive external scan to check your attack surface for CVE-2012-0439.

Start free scan

No credit card. Agentless.

Related vulnerabilities

HIGH
CVE-2019-10639
Linux Kernel vulnerability
HIGH
CVE-2019-1894
Enterprise Nfv Infrastructure Software vulnerability
HIGH
CVE-2019-13398
Fcm Mb40 Firmware vulnerability