CVE-2012-5631 describes a critical vulnerability in FreeIPA 3.0 where the client fails to properly verify the server's identity before transmitting sensitive credential-containing cookies. This flaw has a CVSSv3.1 score of 8.8 (HIGH), indicating that an unauthenticated attacker could remotely exploit this with low complexity, potentially leading to high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. Despite its severity, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
3.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:freeipa:freeipa:3.0.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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