CVE-2012-0188 is an unspecified vulnerability within the SetLicenseInfoEx method of an ActiveX control in mraboutb.dll, affecting IBM SPSS Dimensions 5.5 and SPSS Data Collection versions 5.6, 6.0, and 6.0.1. This critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.3) allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on a victim's system through a crafted HTML document, requiring user interaction but offering complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity and FAUCET Risk Score of 82/100, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spss_data_collection:5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spss_data_collection:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spss_data_collection:6.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spss_dimensions:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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.
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 records are not available for this CVE.