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CVE-2012-2746

13
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-2746 describes a vulnerability in 389 Directory Server (including Red Hat Directory Server) versions prior to 1.2.11.6. When audit logging is enabled and an LDAP user's password is changed, the new password is saved in plaintext within the log, allowing remote authenticated users to access it. This vulnerability has a low severity CVSS score of 2.1, indicating a network-based attack with high access complexity, requiring authentication, and resulting in partial confidentiality impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 8.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:directory_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:directory_server:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:directory_server:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:directory_server:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 1.2.11.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:fedoraproject:389_directory_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

2.1LOW

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.33%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
68.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0133 is in the 68th 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Directory Server 8 for RHEL 5Fixed in: redhat-ds-base-0:8.2.10-3.el5dsrv
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: 389-ds-base-0:1.2.10.2-18.el6_3
View patch
redhatvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Directory Server 9Fixed in: Directory Server

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2012-2746Low

rhds/389: plaintext password disclosure in audit log

May 10, 2012

References

directory.fedoraproject.org / wiki/Release_Notes
Vendor Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2012-0997.html
Vendor Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2012-1041.html
Vendor Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/49734
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/76595
fedorahosted.org / 389/ticket/365
Vendor Advisory
h20564.www2.hp.com / portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19241
osvdb.org / 83329
securityfocus.com / bid/54153