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CVE-2012-1033

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-1033 describes a vulnerability in ISC BIND versions through 9.8.1-P1 where the resolver incorrectly overwrites cached NS record data when processing A record queries. This flaw enables remote attackers to execute "ghost domain names" attacks, causing continued resolvability of revoked domains. With a CVSS score of 5.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N), it is a medium-severity vulnerability that can be exploited remotely with low complexity, leading to information integrity issues. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
13.54%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
96.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1354 is in the 95th percentile among its peer group of 23,705 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: bind-30:9.3.6-20.P1.el5_8.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: bind97-32:9.7.0-10.P2.el5_8.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: bind-32:9.7.3-8.P3.el6_2.3
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: bind

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2012-1033Low

bind: deleted domain name resolving flaw

Feb 7, 2012

References

marc.info
osvdb.org / 78916
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2012-0717.html
secunia.com / advisories/47884
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/73053
hermes.opensuse.org / messages/15136456
hermes.opensuse.org / messages/15136477
isc.org / software/bind/advisories/cve-2012-1033
Vendor Advisory
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/542123
US Government Resource
securityfocus.com / bid/51898
securitytracker.com / id