CVE-2012-2277
The IRM Server in EMC Documentum Information Rights Management 4.x before 4.7.0100 and 5.x before 5.0.1030 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (pvcontrol.exe process hang) via \n (line feed) characters in the Id fields of many "batch…
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A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified) and the impact is high, while EPSS rates exploitation at 4.2%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use.
Description
The IRM Server in EMC Documentum Information Rights Management 4.x before 4.7.0100 and 5.x before 5.0.1030 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (pvcontrol.exe process hang) via \n (line feed) characters in the Id fields of many "batch begin untethered" commands.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.8 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
- EPSS
- 4.25% probability · 91th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 12 April 2012
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- emc/documentum information rights management
- Source
- security_alert@emc.com
EPSS 4.2% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://aluigi.org/adv/irm_1-adv.txt
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48690
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18734
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/522682
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53475
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027058
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75554
- http://aluigi.org/adv/irm_1-adv.txt
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48690
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18734
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/522682
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53475
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027058
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75554
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.