CVE-2012-2531

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-200 Information Leak / Disclosure

Publication date:

14/11/2012

Last modified:

11/04/2025

Description

Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 7.5 uses weak permissions for the Operational log, which allows local users to discover credentials by reading this file, aka "Password Disclosure Vulnerability."

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 2.10 LOW
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0

2.10

Severity 2.0

LOW

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:-:sp1:x64:::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:-:sp1:x86:::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008::r2:itanium:::::
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008::r2:x64:::::

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:-:sp1:x64:::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:-:sp1:x86:::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008::r2:itanium:::::
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008::r2:x64:::::

CVE-2012-2531

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools