9.3
CRITICAL
CVE-2012-0201
IBM Personal Communications Stack-based Buffer Overflow
Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in pcspref.dll in pcsws.exe in IBM Personal Communications 5.9.x before 5.9.8 and 6.0.x before 6.0.4 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long profile string in a WorkStation (aka .ws) file.

INFO

Published Date :

March 2, 2012, 11:55 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 1:34 a.m.

Source :

psirt@us.ibm.com

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

10.0

Exploitability Score :

8.6
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2012-0201 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Ibm personal_communications

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2012-0201 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2012-0201 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://dev.metasploit.com/redmine/projects/framework/repository/entry/modules/exploits/windows/fileformat/ibm_pcm_ws.rb
    Added Reference http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18539/
    Added Reference http://www.metasploit.com/modules/exploit/windows/fileformat/ibm_pcm_ws
    Added Reference http://www.stratsec.net/Research/Advisories/IBM-Personal-Communications-I-Series-Access-WorkSt
    Added Reference http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IC81539
    Added Reference http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21586166
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/73127
  • CVE Modified by psirt@us.ibm.com

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by psirt@us.ibm.com

    Aug. 29, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/73127 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/73127 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by nvd@nist.gov

    Mar. 02, 2012

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

67.08 }} -4.81%

score

0.98432

percentile

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