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CVE-2012-0242

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-0242 describes a critical format string vulnerability in Advantech/BroadWin WebAccess versions prior to 7.0, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity and no authentication required, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, an ExploitDB entry (EDB-17772) exists, indicating public exploit code availability, despite minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:advantech:advantech_webaccess:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:advantech:advantech_webaccess:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

10.0HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
7.17%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
93.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-17772 · Sep 2, 2011
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0717 is in the 89th percentile among its peer group of 51,553 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

securityfocus.com / bid/52051
us-cert.gov / control_systems/pdf/ICSA-12-047-01.pdf
PatchUS Government Resource