MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2012-6534

Sentinel Log Manager vulnerability

CVSS
4.3
EPSS
4.5%
EPSS pct
90th
Exploited
No known
Novell Sentinel Log Manager before 1.2.0.3 allows remote attackers to create data retention policies via a crafted text/x-gwt-rpc request to novelllogmanager/datastorageservice.rpc, and allows remote authenticated Report Administrators to create data retention policies via a search-results "Save Query As" "Save As Retention Policy" action.
Affected vendor
Novell
Affected product
Sentinel Log Manager
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-264 — Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
Published
2013-03-29

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 4.5% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 90% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2012-6534

  • Confirm whether Novell Sentinel Log Manager is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2012-6534.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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