{"id":"CVE-2012-6568","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2012-6568","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T22:04:25.356Z","title":"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.","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.","published":"2013-06-20T15:55:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:48:23.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":6.9,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"},"cwe":["CWE-119"],"affected":["huawei/utps"],"epss":{"score":0.00612,"percentile":0.49028,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":false,"firstPublished":"2012-10-15","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":21988,"kind":"exploit","title":"Huawei Technologies Internet Mobile - Unicode (SEH)","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21988","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/windows/local/21988.pl","file":"exploits/windows/local/21988.pl","published":"2012-10-15","added":"2012-10-15","updated":"2012-10-15","author":"Dark-Puzzle","type":"local","platform":"windows","port":null,"verified":false,"codes":["OSVDB-87008","CVE-2012-6568"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"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."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/download/116604/huawei-overflow.txt","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.huawei.com/en/security/psirt/security-bulletins/security-advisories/hw-204627.htm","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/download/116604/huawei-overflow.txt","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.huawei.com/en/security/psirt/security-bulletins/security-advisories/hw-204627.htm","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6568","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."}