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CVE-2018-12461

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-12461 addresses a critical vulnerability in NetIQ eDirectory versions prior to 9.1.1, stemming from improper certificate revocation checking. This flaw carries a high CVSS score of 7.5, indicating a network-exploitable vulnerability with low attack complexity that could lead to high integrity impact without requiring user interaction. While no active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion has been observed, the underlying weakness (CWE-295) highlights a serious security oversight.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
9.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:netiq:edirectory:9.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

3.5LOW

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.1
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.49%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
39.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0049 is in the 17th percentile among its peer group of 51,551 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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.

Media 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

netiq.com / support/kb/doc.php