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CVE-2012-0406
The DPA_Utilities.cProcessAuthenticationData function in EMC Data Protection Advisor (DPA) 5.5 through 5.8 SP1 allows remote attackers to…
High7.8EPSS 8.6%
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- dell
Description
The DPA_Utilities.cProcessAuthenticationData function in EMC Data Protection Advisor (DPA) 5.5 through 5.8 SP1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via an AUTHENTICATECONNECTION command that (1) lacks a password field or (2) has an empty password.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.8 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 8.6% · top 4.9% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (4)
- 20120418 ESA-2012-018: EMC Data Protection Advisor Multiple Vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 18688 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 1026956 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/dpa_1-adv.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
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- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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