CVE-2012-6437 describes a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in various Rockwell Automation EtherNet/IP products, including specific communication modules and controllers. This flaw allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to upload arbitrary firmware images, potentially leading to a complete loss of availability, integrity, and confidentiality of the affected devices and disruption of connected systems. With a CVSS score of 10.0, it represents a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and complete impact on all security aspects. Despite its high severity, there is no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and it shows minimal community discussion or media coverage, suggesting it is not currently under active exploitation.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 20CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:rockwellautomation:controllogix_controllers:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 20CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:rockwellautomation:guardlogix_controllers:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 1100CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:rockwellautomation:micrologix:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 1400CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:rockwellautomation:micrologix:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 19CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:rockwellautomation:softlogix_controllers:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.