THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2012-5642
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2012-5642

Fail2ban vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
3.1%
EPSS pct
86th
Exploited
No known
server/action.py in Fail2ban before 0.8.8 does not properly handle the content of the matches tag, which might allow remote attackers to trigger unsafe behavior in a custom action file via unspecified symbols in this content.
Affected vendor
Fail2ban
Affected product
Fail2ban
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published
2012-12-31

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, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.1% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 86% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2012-5642

  • Confirm whether Fail2ban Fail2ban is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2012-5642.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

How ThreatPort helps with CVE-2012-5642

ThreatPort's external attack surface scanner checks your internet-facing assets — agentlessly, from the outside in — for the exposed services and versions that CVE-2012-5642 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-2012-5642?

Run an instant, non-intrusive external scan to check your attack surface for CVE-2012-5642.

Start free scan

No credit card. Agentless.

Related vulnerabilities

HIGH
CVE-2019-7022
Acrobat Dc vulnerability
HIGH
CVE-2019-7023
Acrobat Dc vulnerability
HIGH
CVE-2019-7024
Acrobat Dc vulnerability