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CVE-2012-4985· NVD / CVE Program· CNA mitre

The Forescout CounterACT NAC device 6.3.4.1 does not block ARP and ICMP traffic from unrecognized clients, which allows remote attackers to

The Forescout CounterACT NAC device 6.3.4.1 does not block ARP and ICMP traffic from unrecognized clients, which allows remote attackers to conduct ARP poisoning attacks via crafted packets.

MediumCVSS 4.3 · v2.0—No exploit No fix recorded
Published
Dec 5, 2012
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
1.7% · 77th percentile
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18

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CVSS
17 / 40 · 4.3 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
1 / 30 · 1.7%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
forescoutcounteract

Affected versions

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

  • forescout counteract6.3.4.10

Same product

forescout: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2021-28098An issue was discovered in Forescout CounterACT before 8.1.4.
    31Monitor
  • CVE-2012-4982Open redirect vulnerability in assets/login on the Forescout CounterACT NAC device before 7.0 allows remote attackers to redirect users to a
    26Monitor
  • CVE-2012-4983Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities on the Forescout CounterACT NAC device before 7.0 allow remote attackers to inject arbit
    17Monitor
  • CVE-2012-1825Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the status program on the ForeScout CounterACT appliance with software 6.3.3.2 throug
    17Monitor

Remediation

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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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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
    none
    Availability
    none
    Attack complexity
    M
    Confidentiality impact
    P
    Integrity impact
    None
    Availability impact
    None

    Weakness class (CWE)

    CWE-264 · Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

    CVSS vector

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