CVE-2012-0358 describes a critical buffer overflow vulnerability in the Cisco Port Forwarder ActiveX control (cscopf.ocx), distributed via the Clientless VPN feature on Cisco ASA 5500 series devices running specific software versions. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected systems. With a CVSS score of 9.3, this vulnerability is highly severe, requiring no authentication and moderate attack complexity to achieve complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0\(0\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:7.0\(0\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0\(1\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:7.0\(1\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0\(2\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:7.0\(2\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0\(4\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:7.0\(4\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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