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CVE-2012-6579

19
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-6579 describes a vulnerability in Best Practical Solutions RT versions 3.8.x before 3.8.15 and 4.0.x before 4.0.8, specifically when GnuPG is enabled. Remote attackers can exploit this by sending an email to a queue's address, configuring encryption or signing for outbound emails, potentially leading to a denial of service through unreadable messages. With a CVSS score of 6.4 (medium severity), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires no authentication, impacting integrity and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available 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

6.4MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
4.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.79%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
52.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0079 is in the 33rd percentile among its peer group of 23,701 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 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