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CVE-2012-4253

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-4253 describes multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in MySQLDumper version 1.24.4. These flaws allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files or execute arbitrary local files by manipulating parameters with ".." sequences. The CVSS score of 4.3 indicates a medium severity, with low attack complexity and potential for partial confidentiality impact, but no integrity or availability impact. While not actively exploited in the wild or on the KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available via ExploitDB and Nuclei templates, suggesting a practical attack path. There is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.24.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mysqldumper:mysqldumper:1.24.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
8.46%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
94.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
Nuclei: CVE-2012-4253 · Aug 1, 2021
ExploitDB: EDB-37126 · Apr 27, 2012
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0847 is in the 94th percentile among its peer group of 19,955 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 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

packetstormsecurity.org / files/112304/MySQLDumper-1.24.4-LFI-XSS-CSRF-Code-Execution-Traversal.html
Exploit
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/75283
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/75286
osvdb.org / 81609
osvdb.org / 81615
securityfocus.com / bid/53306
Exploit