CVE-2012-4969

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-06-08. Federal remediation due 2022-06-22.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

81.72% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 99.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

8.1 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

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.

Published

2012-09-18 10:00Z13 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-10-22 00:05Z10 MO AGO

Reserved

2012-09-18

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 8.1)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-416Use After FreeVariant

Data version

5.1

Document digest

2ca8e1852330c83b68b4bc2b5803eedc348e010eae20117bde379c5b070b76bf

• www.us-cert.govTA12-265Ahttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-265A.htmlthird-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT
• www.kb.cert.orgVU#480095http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/480095third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VN
• oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:15729https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15729vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
• www.us-cert.govTA12-262Ahttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-262A.htmlthird-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT
• www.securityweek.comhttp://www.securityweek.com/new-internet-explorer-zero-day-being-exploited-wildx_refsource_MISC
• technet.microsoft.comhttp://technet.microsoft.com/security/advisory/2757760x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.us-cert.govTA12-255Ahttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-255A.htmlthird-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT
• blog.vulnhunt.comhttp://blog.vulnhunt.com/index.php/2012/09/17/ie-execcommand-fuction-use-after-free-vulnerability-0day_en/x_refsource_MISC
• dev.metasploit.comhttp://dev.metasploit.com/redmine/projects/framework/repository/entry/modules/exploits/windows/browser/ie_execcommand_uaf.rbx_refsource_MISC
• www.securitytracker.com1027538http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027538vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• eromang.zataz.comhttp://eromang.zataz.com/2012/09/16/zero-day-season-is-really-not-over-yet/x_refsource_MISC
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2012-4969government-resource