CVE-2012-0692 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in CA License (aka CA Licensing) versions prior to 1.90.03, affecting Broadcom license_software. Local users can exploit unspecified vectors to modify or create arbitrary files, leading to privilege escalation. With a CVSS score of 7.2 (High), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and allows for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.90.02CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:license_software:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.1.0.15CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:license_software:0.1.0.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.5.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:license_software:1.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.8.0.110CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:license_software:1.8.0.110:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.8.0.114CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:license_software:1.8.0.114:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.5 GitHub 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 records are not available for this CVE.