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CVE-2012-5896

82
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-5896 describes a critical remote code execution vulnerability in the Annotation Objects Extension ActiveX control (AnnotateX.dll) within Quest InTrust 10.4.0.853 and earlier. This flaw, stemming from an improperly implemented Add method and an uninitialized pointer, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by supplying a memory address as the first argument. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability is highly severe, requiring no authentication and having complete impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Exploit code is publicly available via Metasploit modules and ExploitDB, indicating a high potential for exploitation, although it is not currently listed on the CISA KEV catalog and has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 10.4.0.853CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:quest:intrust:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:quest:intrust:10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.2.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:quest:intrust:10.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:quest:intrust:10.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:quest:intrust:10.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

10.0HIGH

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

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

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
69.39%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: Quest InTrust Annotation Objects Uninitialized Pointer · Mar 28, 2012
ExploitDB: EDB-18735 · Apr 13, 2012
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.6939 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 51,466 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

archives.neohapsis.com / archives/bugtraq/2012-03/0153.html
Exploit
dev.metasploit.com / redmine/projects/framework/repository/entry/modules/exploits/windows/browser/intrust_annotatex_add.rb
Exploit
osvdb.org / 80662
packetstormsecurity.org / files/111312/Quest-InTrust-10.4.x-Annotation-Objects-Code-Execution.html
packetstormsecurity.org / files/111853/Quest-InTrust-Annotation-Objects-Uninitialized-Pointer.html
Exploit
secunia.com / advisories/48566
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/74448
exploit-db.com / exploits/18674
Exploit
securityfocus.com / bid/52765
Exploit