CVE-2012-2974

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-07-19 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-287

Description

The web interface on the SMC SMC8024L2 switch allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and obtain administrative access via a direct request to a .html file under (1) status/, (2) system/, (3) ports/, (4) trunks/, (5) vlans/, (6) qos/, (7) rstp/, (8) dot1x/, (9) security/, (10) igmps/, or (11) snmp/.

Affected products

Smc8024L2 Switch: all versions

References

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/377915
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027285
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/377915
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027285

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