CVE-2012-5756

medium

Description

The IBM WebSphere DataPower XC10 Appliance 2.0.0.0 through 2.0.0.3 and 2.1.0.0 through 2.1.0.2, when a collective configuration is enabled, has a single secret key that is shared across different customers' installations, which allows remote attackers to spoof a container server by (1) sniffing the network to locate a cleartext transmission of this key or (2) leveraging knowledge of this key from another installation.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79921

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027798

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56617

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24033740

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21615783

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PM68926

http://secunia.com/advisories/51319

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2012-11-23

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00463