{"id":"CVE-2012-4940","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2012-4940","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T18:46:24.881Z","title":"Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in the View Log Files component in Axigen Free Mail Server allow remote attackers to read or delete arbitrary files via a ..","description":"Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in the View Log Files component in Axigen Free Mail Server allow remote attackers to read or delete arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in (1) the fileName parameter in a download action to source/loggin/page_log_dwn_file.hsp, or the fileName parameter in (2) an edit action or (3) a delete action to the default URI.","published":"2012-10-31T19:55:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:45:56.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cret@cert.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":6.4,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-22"],"affected":["gecad/axigen free mail server"],"epss":{"score":0.85359,"percentile":0.99715,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[{"date":"2026-09-28","score":0.85359,"percentile":0.99712}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2012-10-31","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":37996,"kind":"exploit","title":"Axigen Mail Server - 'Filename' Directory Traversal","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37996","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/windows/remote/37996.txt","file":"exploits/windows/remote/37996.txt","published":"2012-10-31","added":"2012-10-31","updated":"2015-08-28","author":"Zhao Liang","type":"remote","platform":"windows","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-2012-4940","OSVDB-86802"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":"https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56343/info"}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 85.4%, higher than 100% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/586556","tags":["US Government Resource"],"source":"cret@cert.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56343","source":"cret@cert.org"},{"url":"http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/586556","tags":["US Government Resource"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56343","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4940","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."}