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CVE-2012-2202

24
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-2202 describes a directory traversal vulnerability in IBM Lotus Protector for Mail Security and IBM ISS Proventia Network Mail Security System. This flaw allows remote authenticated administrators to read arbitrary files by manipulating the 'template' parameter in javatester_init.php. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 3.5, indicating a medium attack complexity and partial confidentiality impact, but no integrity or availability impact. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, public exploit code exists, and it has a FAUCET Risk Score of 75/100, though it lacks significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:lotus_protector_for_mail_security:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:lotus_protector_for_mail_security:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:lotus_protector_for_mail_security:2.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:lotus_protector_for_mail_security:2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:proventia_network_mail_security_system_firmware:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

3.5LOW

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
6.8
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.04%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
86.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-20368 · Aug 8, 2012
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0304 is in the 95th percentile among its peer group of 1,637 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 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

secunia.com / advisories/49897
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/76801
www-01.ibm.com / support/docview.wss
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/659791
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