CVE-2012-6568
Buffer overflow in the back-end component in Huawei UTPS 1.0 allows local users to gain privileges via a long IDS_PLUGIN_NAME string in a plug-in configuration file.
Does this matter?
A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB, so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 0.6%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.
Description
Buffer overflow in the back-end component in Huawei UTPS 1.0 allows local users to gain privileges via a long IDS_PLUGIN_NAME string in a plug-in configuration file.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.9 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.61% probability · 49th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 15 October 2012
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- huawei/utps
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 0.6% 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://packetstormsecurity.org/files/download/116604/huawei-overflow.txtExploit
- http://www.huawei.com/en/security/psirt/security-bulletins/security-advisories/hw-204627.htmVendor Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/download/116604/huawei-overflow.txtExploit
- http://www.huawei.com/en/security/psirt/security-bulletins/security-advisories/hw-204627.htmVendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.