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CVE-2012-4576

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-4576 is an input validation flaw in FreeBSD that allows local users to gain elevated privileges. This vulnerability has a high severity CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no known active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
7.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:7.4:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:8.3:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:9.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:9.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.42%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
34.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0042 is in the 74th percentile among its peer group of 16,994 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

archives.neohapsis.com / archives/bugtraq/2012-11/0089.html
Broken Link
access.redhat.com / security/cve/cve-2012-4576
Broken Link
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/80321
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
security-tracker.debian.org / tracker/CVE-2012-4576
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/56654
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry