{"id":"CVE-2012-2994","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2012-2994","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T19:48:55.364Z","title":"The CoSoSys Endpoint Protector 4 appliance establishes an EPProot password based entirely on the appliance serial number, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain access via a brute-force attack.","description":"The CoSoSys Endpoint Protector 4 appliance establishes an EPProot password based entirely on the appliance serial number, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain access via a brute-force attack.","published":"2012-09-18T03:48:29.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:42:29.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cret@cert.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"},"cwe":["CWE-264"],"affected":["cososys/endpoint protector appliace 4"],"epss":{"score":0.06269,"percentile":0.93524,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2012-09-17","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":37803,"kind":"exploit","title":"CoSoSys Endpoint Protector - Predictable Password Generation","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37803","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/hardware/remote/37803.txt","file":"exploits/hardware/remote/37803.txt","published":"2012-09-17","added":"2012-09-17","updated":"2015-08-17","author":"Christopher Campbell","type":"remote","platform":"hardware","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-2012-2994","OSVDB-85667"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":"https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55570/info"}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified) and the impact is high, while EPSS rates exploitation at 6.3%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/50604","source":"cret@cert.org"},{"url":"http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/591667","tags":["US Government Resource"],"source":"cret@cert.org"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/50604","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/591667","tags":["US Government Resource"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2994","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."}