{"id":"CVE-2012-0406","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2012-0406","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T17:57:55.255Z","title":"The DPA_Utilities.cProcessAuthenticationData function in EMC Data Protection Advisor (DPA) 5.5 through 5.8 SP1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via an AUTHENTICATECONNECTION command that…","description":"The DPA_Utilities.cProcessAuthenticationData function in EMC Data Protection Advisor (DPA) 5.5 through 5.8 SP1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via an AUTHENTICATECONNECTION command that (1) lacks a password field or (2) has an empty password.","published":"2012-04-20T04:02:52.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:37:14.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security_alert@emc.com","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C"},"cwe":["CWE-264"],"affected":["emc/data protection advisor"],"epss":{"score":0.08552,"percentile":0.95027,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2012-03-31","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":18688,"kind":"exploit","title":"EMC Data Protection Advisor 5.8.1 - Denial of Service","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18688","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/hardware/dos/18688.txt","file":"exploits/hardware/dos/18688.txt","published":"2012-03-31","added":"2012-03-31","updated":"2012-03-31","author":"Luigi Auriemma","type":"dos","platform":"hardware","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["OSVDB-80815","OSVDB-80814","CVE-2012-0407","CVE-2012-0406"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":"http://www.emc.com/backup-and-recovery/data-protection-advisor/data-protection-advisor.htm"}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified) and the impact is high, while EPSS rates exploitation at 8.6%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/dpa_1-adv.txt","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"security_alert@emc.com"},{"url":"http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18688/","source":"security_alert@emc.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/522408/30/0/threaded","source":"security_alert@emc.com"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026956","source":"security_alert@emc.com"},{"url":"http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/dpa_1-adv.txt","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18688/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/522408/30/0/threaded","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026956","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-0406","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}