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CVE-2012-0202

78
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-0202 is a critical vulnerability affecting IBM Cognos TM1 9.4.x and 9.5.x before 9.5.2 FP2, specifically within the tm1admsd.exe Admin Server component. This flaw involves multiple stack-based buffer overflows that can be triggered remotely by unauthenticated attackers sending crafted data. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability allows for a complete compromise, including denial of service (daemon crash) and potentially arbitrary code execution, requiring no user interaction. While not listed in CISA KEV, exploit code is publicly available through Metasploit and ExploitDB, indicating a high potential for exploitation despite limited community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
9.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_tm1:9.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.4.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_tm1:9.4.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_tm1:9.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.5.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_tm1:9.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
54.85%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: IBM Cognos tm1admsd.exe Overflow · Apr 2, 2012
ExploitDB: EDB-23969 · Jan 8, 2013
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.5485 is in the 98th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 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

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/73182
www-01.ibm.com / support/docview.wss
Vendor Advisory
www-01.ibm.com / support/docview.wss
Vendor Advisory
www-01.ibm.com / support/docview.wss
Vendor Advisory
www-01.ibm.com / support/docview.wss