THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2012-5221
MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2012-5221

Color Laserjet 3000 vulnerability

CVSS
5.0
EPSS
3.9%
EPSS pct
89th
Exploited
No known
Directory traversal vulnerability in the PostScript Interpreter, as used on the HP LaserJet 4xxx, 5200, 90xx, M30xx, M4345, M50xx, M90xx, P3005, and P4xxx; LaserJet Enterprise P3015; Color LaserJet 3xxx, 47xx, 5550, 9500, CM60xx, CP35xx, CP4005, and CP6015; Color LaserJet Enterprise CP4xxx; and 9250c Digital Sender with model-dependent firmware through 52.x allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via unknown vectors.
Affected vendor
Hp
Affected product
Color Laserjet 3000
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Published
2013-04-29

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 3.9% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 89% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2012-5221

  • Confirm whether Hp Color Laserjet 3000 is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2012-5221.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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