CVE-2012-5973 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

CA XCOM Data Transport r11.0 and r11.5 on UNIX and Linux allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted request.

Published: 2012-12-10

Score: 10.0 Critical

EPSS: 2.2% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:ca:xcom_data_transport:r11.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ca:xcom_data_transport:r11.5:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2012-5847	CA XCOM Data Transport r11.0 and r11.5 on UNIX and Linux allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted request.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.02199.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpsupcontent?contentID=%7B358F44CA-6354-4427-9088-C57138E9EE11%7D

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Ca Xcom Data Transport

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2012-12-10T20:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T23:16:09.612Z

Reserved: 2012-11-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-5973

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2012-12-10T20:55:01.173

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2012-5973

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-94

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