01 Record
CVE-2012-4418
Apache Axis2 allows remote attackers to forge messages and bypass authentication via an "XML Signature wrapping attack."
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Apache Axis2 allows remote attackers to forge messages and bypass authentication via an "XML Signature wrapping attack."
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 5.99% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 93.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2012-10-09 23:00Z14 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 20:35Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2012-08-21
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-287Improper AuthenticationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 83f7cb8a66e5cb40a94838b797542ef37ea8e2d812b6c3c3195f80eabcfa811b
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20120912 Re: CVE Request: Apache Axis2 XML Signature Wrapping Attackhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/13/1
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20120912 CVE Request: Apache Axis2 XML Signature Wrapping Attackhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/12/1
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=856755
- www.nds.rub.dehttp://www.nds.rub.de/media/nds/veroeffentlichungen/2012/08/22/BreakingSAML_3.pdf
- www.securityfocus.com55508http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55508