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CVE-2012-1472

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-1472 describes a vulnerability in VMware vCenter Chargeback Manager (CBM) versions prior to 2.0.1, where improper handling of XML API requests allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files or cause a denial of service. With a CVSS score of 6.4, this vulnerability is of medium severity, requiring no authentication and having low attack complexity, potentially leading to partial confidentiality and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there known public exploit tools like Metasploit or Nuclei modules. Despite some community discussion, the vulnerability is not on the CISA KEV catalog and has received no media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_chargeback_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.6.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_chargeback_manager:1.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.4MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
4.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.91%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
77.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0191 is in the 65th percentile among its peer group of 23,701 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

vmware.com / security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0002.html