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CVE-2012-6578

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-6578 describes a vulnerability in Best Practical Solutions RT versions 3.8.x before 3.8.15 and 4.0.x before 4.0.8. When GnuPG is enabled with a "Sign by default" queue configuration, the system uses a queue's key for signing without proper authentication, potentially allowing remote attackers to spoof messages. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3 (Medium severity), indicating a network-based attack with medium complexity and a partial impact on integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.8.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:request_tracker:3.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.8.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:request_tracker:3.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.8.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:request_tracker:3.8.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.8.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:request_tracker:3.8.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.8.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:request_tracker:3.8.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.06%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
61.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0106 is in the 21st percentile among its peer group of 19,953 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

lists.bestpractical.com / pipermail/rt-announce/2012-October/000212.html
PatchVendor Advisory