CVE-2012-4956 is a critical heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in Novell File Reporter 1.0.2, specifically within the NFRAgent.exe component. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary code with maximum privileges by sending a specially crafted request containing a large number of VOL elements. Despite its critical CVSS score of 10.0 and high FAUCET Risk Score of 99/100, indicating severe impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, there is no evidence of active exploitation in the wild. However, a Metasploit module exists, and the vulnerability has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:novell:file_reporter:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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.