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CVE-2012-0202· NVD / CVE Program· CNA ibm

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in tm1admsd.exe in the Admin Server in IBM Cognos TM1 9.4.x and 9.5.x before 9.5.2 FP2 allow remote at

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in tm1admsd.exe in the Admin Server in IBM Cognos TM1 9.4.x and 9.5.x before 9.5.2 FP2 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted data.

CriticalCVSS 10.0 · v2.0—Weaponized No fix recorded
Published
May 4, 2012
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
54.5% · 99th percentile
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CVSS
40 / 40 · 10.0 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
16 / 30 · 54.5%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
ibmcognos tm1

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • ibm cognos tm19.4.1
  • ibm cognos tm19.4.1.3
  • ibm cognos tm19.5.1
  • ibm cognos tm19.5.2

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Remediation

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Exploit status

Weaponized

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Evidence

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  • Exploit-DB entry ×1

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Public exploit evidence
SourceKindDate
Exploit-DB entryremote2013-01-08
Metasploit moduleexploit/windows/misc/ibm_cognos_tm1admsd_bofIBM Cognos tm1admsd.exe Overflowexploit2012-04-02

Research context

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Timeline

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  1. Metasploit-33 d
  2. Published
  3. First PoC+248 d
  4. TodaySep 30, 2026+5262 d
EPSS, last 120 days

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Patch and commit links

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

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Technical details

Attack conditions

  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
C · data can be read
Integrity
C · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
C · the service can be disrupted
Attack complexity
Low
Confidentiality impact
C
Integrity impact
C
Availability impact
C

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-119 · Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

nvd-primary

Attack context

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Change log

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References

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