HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2012-5946

Spss Samplepower vulnerability

CVSS
9.3
EPSS
33.8%
EPSS pct
98th
Exploited
No known
Buffer overflow in the c1sizer ActiveX control in C1sizer.ocx in IBM SPSS SamplePower 3.0 before FP1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long TabCaption string.
Affected vendor
Ibm
Affected product
Spss Samplepower
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within Memory Bounds
Published
2013-04-30

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 33.8% 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-2012-5946

  • Confirm whether Ibm Spss Samplepower is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2012-5946.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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