CVE-2012-5931

Privileged User Manager vulnerability

CVSS

5.5

EPSS

7.3%

EPSS pct

94th

Exploited

No known

Directory traversal vulnerability in the set_log_config function in regclnt.dll in unifid.exe in NetIQ Privileged User Manager 2.3.x before 2.3.1 HF2 allows remote authenticated users to create or overwrite arbitrary files via directory traversal sequences in a log pathname.

Affected vendor

Microfocus

Affected product

Privileged User Manager

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

Published

2012-12-24

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring single-factor authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 7.3% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 94% of all scored CVEs.

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