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CVE-2012-5930
The pa_modify_accounts function in auth.dll in unifid.exe in NetIQ Privileged User Manager 2.3.x before 2.3.1 HF2 does not require…
Medium6.4EPSS 7.4%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
The pa_modify_accounts function in auth.dll in unifid.exe in NetIQ Privileged User Manager 2.3.x before 2.3.1 HF2 does not require authentication for the modifyAccounts method, which allows remote attackers to change the passwords of administrative accounts via a crafted application/x-amf request.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 34 days later
· 34 days later
Published
- 12 years later
· 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
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.4 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 7.4% · top 5.5% 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 (4)
- http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=K6-PmbPjduA~ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://www.netiq.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7011385 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://retrogod.altervista.org/9sg_novell_netiq_i_adv.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://retrogod.altervista.org/9sg_novell_netiq_i.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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