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CVE-2012-0738· NVD / CVE Program· CNA ibm

IBM Security AppScan Enterprise before 8.6.0.2 and Rational Policy Tester before 8.5.0.3 do not validate X.509 certificates during scanning,

IBM Security AppScan Enterprise before 8.6.0.2 and Rational Policy Tester before 8.5.0.3 do not validate X.509 certificates during scanning, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via an arbitrary certificate.

MediumCVSS 5.8 · v2.0—No exploit No fix recorded
Published
Dec 28, 2012
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
0.6% · 46th percentile
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Action score

23

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CVSS
23 / 40 · 5.8 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.6%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
ibmsecurity appscan
ibmrational policy tester

Affected versions

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

  • ibm rational policy testerup to 8.5.0.2 inclusive
  • ibm rational policy tester5.5.0.0
  • ibm rational policy tester5.5.0.1
  • ibm rational policy tester5.5.0.2
  • ibm rational policy tester5.6.0.0
  • ibm rational policy tester5.6.0.1
  • ibm rational policy tester5.6.0.2
  • ibm rational policy tester5.6.0.3
  • ibm rational policy tester8.0.0.0
  • ibm rational policy tester8.0.0.1
  • ibm rational policy tester8.0.0.2
  • ibm rational policy tester8.0.1.0
  • ibm rational policy tester8.0.1.1
  • ibm rational policy tester8.5.0.0
  • ibm rational policy tester8.5.0.1
  • ibm security appscanup to 8.6.0.1 inclusive
  • ibm security appscan6.0.0.0
  • ibm security appscan6.0.1.0
  • ibm security appscan6.0.2.0
  • ibm security appscan6.1.1.0

Same product

ibm: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2014-6119IBM Security AppScan Enterprise 8.5 before 8.5 IFix 002, 8.6 before 8.6 IFix 004, 8.7 before 8.7 IFix 004, 8.8 before 8.8 iFix 003, 9.0 befo
    38Monitor
  • CVE-2016-9981IBM AppScan Enterprise Edition 9.0 contains an unspecified vulnerability that could allow an attacker to hijack a valid user's session.
    32Monitor
  • CVE-2014-0904The update process in IBM Security AppScan Standard 7.9 through 8.8 does not require integrity checks of downloaded files, which allows remo
    31Monitor
  • CVE-2016-6042IBM AppScan Enterprise Edition could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by improper handling of objects
    30Monitor
  • CVE-2013-0513IBM Security AppScan Enterprise 5.6 and 8.x before 8.7 and IBM Rational Policy Tester 5.6 and 8.x before 8.5.0.4 create a service that lacks
    28Monitor
  • CVE-2013-0532Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in IBM Security AppScan Enterprise 5.6 and 8.x before 8.7 and IBM Rational Policy Tester 5.6
    27Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

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No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

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Timeline

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EPSS, last 120 days

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Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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No credits in the CNA record.

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

    If successful

    Confidentiality
    P · data can be read
    Integrity
    P · data or configuration can be modified
    Availability
    none
    Attack complexity
    M
    Confidentiality impact
    P
    Integrity impact
    P
    Availability impact
    None

    Weakness class (CWE)

    CWE-20 · Improper Input Validation

    CVSS vector

    AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

    nvd-primary

    Attack context

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    Change log

    No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

    References

    Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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