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CVE-2012-6066

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-6066 describes a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in freeSSHd through version 1.2.6, allowing remote attackers to gain unauthorized access via a specially crafted session. This flaw carries a CVSS score of 9.3, indicating high severity with network-based attacks, medium complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on CISA KEV, exploit modules are readily available in Metasploit and ExploitDB, suggesting a high potential for exploitation despite minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.2.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:freesshd:freesshd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:freesshd:freesshd:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:freesshd:freesshd:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

9.3HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
39.51%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: Freesshd Authentication Bypass · Aug 11, 2010
ExploitDB: EDB-24133 · Jan 15, 2013
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.3951 is in the 97th percentile among its peer group of 8,914 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 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 0.1 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/fulldisclosure/2012-12/0012.html