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CVE-2012-0439

Published: Feb 24, 2013Updated: Apr 29, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-94
NVD MITRE
9.3CVSSCRITICAL
EPSS Score
39.2%
Top 1.6%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

An ActiveX control in gwcls1.dll in the client in Novell GroupWise 8.0 before 8.0.3 HP2 and 2012 before SP1 HP1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a pointer argument to the SetEngine method or (2) an XPItem pointer argument to an unspecified method.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:MAu:NC:CI:CA:C
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:MAccess Complexity
Medium
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:CConfidentiality
Complete
I:CIntegrity
Complete
A:CAvailability
Complete
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Weaknesses

CWE-94

Affected Products

n/an/a
groupwisenovell
On-prem
Enterprise Software / collaboration-groupware
novellcommercialUSOperating Systemsaka suse novell, novell suse

Attack Graph

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Execution
Initial Access
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References

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=743674
bugzilla.novell.com
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=712144
bugzilla.novell.com
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-13-008/
zerodayinitiative.com
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Timeline

Published
Feb 24, 2013
Last Updated
Apr 29, 2026

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