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CVE-2012-4940

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in the View Log Files component in Axigen Free Mail Server allow remote attackers to read or…

Medium6.4EPSS 85.4%
Published
Updated
Reserved
Assigned by
certcc

Description

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in the View Log Files component in Axigen Free Mail Server allow remote attackers to read or delete arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in (1) the fileName parameter in a download action to source/loggin/page_log_dwn_file.hsp, or the fileName parameter in (2) an edit action or (3) a delete action to the default URI.

Timeline

  1. ID reserved

    By certcc

  2. · 44 days later

    Published

  3. · 12 years later

    Record updated

Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2012-4940, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
NVDNVD · Modified2.0Medium6.4AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
85.4% · top 0.3% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.4.

Weakness

Affected products

  • n/a

    • affected n/a

References (2)

Sources

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