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CVE-2012-0070

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-0070 describes a vulnerability in spamdyke versions prior to 4.2.1, where the STARTTLS command can inadvertently reveal plaintext communication. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity that could lead to a high impact on integrity, allowing attackers to intercept sensitive information. While no public exploit code or active exploitation has been identified, the vulnerability has received some community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 4.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:spamdyke:spamdyke:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.94%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
57.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0094 is in the 32nd percentile among its peer group of 51,466 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

bugs.gentoo.org / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/01/20/7
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory