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CVE-2012-5930

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.4 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 7.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2012-12-24 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-287

Description

The pa_modify_accounts function in auth.dll in unifid.exe in NetIQ Privileged User Manager 2.3.x before 2.3.1 HF2 does not require authentication for the modifyAccounts method, which allows remote attackers to change the passwords of administrative accounts via a crafted application/x-amf request.

Affected products

• Microfocus Privileged User Manager: 2.3.0, 2.3.1

References

• http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=K6-PmbPjduA~
• http://retrogod.altervista.org/9sg_novell_netiq_i.htm
• http://retrogod.altervista.org/9sg_novell_netiq_i_adv.htm
• https://www.netiq.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7011385
• http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=K6-PmbPjduA~
• http://retrogod.altervista.org/9sg_novell_netiq_i.htm
• http://retrogod.altervista.org/9sg_novell_netiq_i_adv.htm
• https://www.netiq.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7011385

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