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CVE-2012-6534

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-6534 describes an improper authorization vulnerability in Novell Sentinel Log Manager before version 1.2.0.3. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to create data retention policies through a crafted RPC request, and authenticated Report Administrators to do so via a specific UI action. With a CVSS score of 4.3 (medium severity), the vulnerability has a network attack vector, medium attack complexity, and primarily impacts integrity, allowing unauthorized policy creation. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or Metasploit modules, an exploit is available on ExploitDB, and the CVE has minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.2.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:novell:sentinel_log_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:novell:sentinel_log_manager:1.0.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.0.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:novell:sentinel_log_manager:1.0.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:novell:sentinel_log_manager:1.1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:novell:sentinel_log_manager:1.1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.49%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-21744 · Oct 4, 2012
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0449 is in the 88th percentile among its peer group of 19,955 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

bugzilla.novell.com / show_bug.cgi
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2012/Oct/25
Exploit
support.novell.com / docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5150932.html
exploit-db.com / exploits/21744
netiq.com / documentation/novelllogmanager12/readme/data/log_manager1203_readme.html