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CVE-2012-4940

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-4940 describes multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities within the View Log Files component of Axigen Free Mail Server. Attackers can exploit this by manipulating the 'fileName' parameter in download, edit, or delete actions to read or delete arbitrary files on the server. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.4, indicating medium severity, and is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, leading to partial confidentiality and integrity impact. While not listed on CISA's KEV catalog, exploit modules exist in Metasploit and Nuclei, and an ExploitDB entry confirms its exploitability. Despite the availability of exploit code, there is no evidence of active exploitation, and community discussion and media coverage are minimal.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gecad:axigen_free_mail_server:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.4MEDIUM

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

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

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
83.63%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: Axigen Arbitrary File Read and Delete · Oct 31, 2012
Nuclei: CVE-2012-4940 · Nov 15, 2021
ExploitDB: EDB-37996 · Oct 31, 2012
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.8363 is in the 100th 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

kb.cert.org / vuls/id/586556
US Government Resource
securityfocus.com / bid/56343