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CVE-2012-0429

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-0429 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in NetIQ eDirectory versions 8.8.6.x before 8.8.6.7 and 8.8.7.x before 8.8.7.2 on Windows. An authenticated remote attacker can crash the dhost daemon by sending a specially crafted HTTP request. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.0, indicating a low severity, as it requires authentication and only leads to a denial of service. There is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
8.8.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microfocus:edirectory:8.8.6.0:-:*:*:*:windows:*:*
8.8.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microfocus:edirectory:8.8.6.1:-:*:*:*:windows:*:*
8.8.6.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microfocus:edirectory:8.8.6.2:-:*:*:*:windows:*:*
8.8.6.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microfocus:edirectory:8.8.6.3:-:*:*:*:windows:*:*
8.8.6.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microfocus:edirectory:8.8.6.4:-:*:*:*:windows:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.0MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
8.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.88%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
77.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0188 is in the 90th percentile among its peer group of 21,954 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

bugzilla.novell.com / show_bug.cgi
novell.com / support/kb/doc.php
novell.com / support/kb/doc.php
securitytracker.com / id