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CVE-2012-0432

81
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-0432 describes a critical stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability within the Novell NCP implementation of NetIQ eDirectory 8.8.7.x before 8.8.7.2. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to achieve complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability, as indicated by its CVSS score of 10.0. While not on the KEV catalog, public exploit modules exist in Metasploit and ExploitDB, demonstrating its exploitability, despite a lack of broader community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
8.8.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microfocus:edirectory:8.8.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.8.7.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microfocus:edirectory:8.8.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
58.70%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: Novell eDirectory 8 Buffer Overflow · Dec 12, 2012
ExploitDB: EDB-24323 · Jan 24, 2013
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.5870 is in the 98th percentile among its peer group of 51,455 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

bugzilla.novell.com / show_bug.cgi
novell.com / support/kb/doc.php