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CVE-2012-1012

21
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-1012 describes an access restriction vulnerability in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) versions prior to 1.10.1, specifically within the kadmin protocol's server/server_stubs.c. This flaw allows remote authenticated administrators with global list privileges to improperly modify or read string attributes using SET_STRING and GET_STRINGS operations. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.5, indicating a medium severity. It is network-exploitable with low attack complexity, requiring authentication, and could lead to partial confidentiality and integrity impacts. There is no impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code is available on platforms like Metasploit or ExploitDB. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal, suggesting low public attention.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.10.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.5MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
8.0
Impact Score
4.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.22%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
65.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0122 is in the 79th percentile among its peer group of 21,951 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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2012-1012Low

krb5: flaw in access control handling for strings in kadmin

Feb 21, 2012

References

krbdev.mit.edu / rt/Ticket/Display.html
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
src.mit.edu / fisheye/changelog/krb5
web.mit.edu / kerberos/krb5-1.10