CVE-2012-3951 describes a critical vulnerability in Plixer Scrutinizer (also known as Dell SonicWALL Scrutinizer) version 9.0.1.19899 and earlier. This flaw stems from the use of default, easily guessable passwords ("admin") for the 'scrutinizer' and 'scrutremote' MySQL accounts, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is highly severe, requiring no authentication or complex attack vectors, and can lead to full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on CISA's KEV catalog, exploit modules are publicly available in Metasploit and ExploitDB, indicating a high potential for exploitation, despite a lack of community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 9.0.1.19899CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sonicwall:scrutinizer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.