Is CVE-2012-1843 being actively exploited?

CVE-2012-1843 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2012-1843?

CVE-2012-1843 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 6.0 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2012-1843

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.0EPSS 1.0%EU EUVD

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in saveRestore.htm on the Quantum Scalar i500 tape library with firmware before i7.0.3 (604G.GS00100), also distributed as the Dell ML6000 tape library with firmware before A20-00 (590G.GS00100), allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of users for requests that execute Linux commands via the fileName parameter, related to a "command-injection vulnerability."

Key facts

CVSS score: 6.0 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-352
EPSS score: 1.0% (64th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2012-1853)
Published: March 22, 2012
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-1853 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

dell / powervault ml6000
dell / powervault ml6000
dell / powervault ml6000 firmware
dell / powervault ml6010
dell / powervault ml6020
dell / powervault ml6030
quantum / scalar i500
quantum / scalar i500
quantum / scalar i500
quantum / scalar i500 firmware
quantum / scalar i500 firmware
quantum / scalar i500 firmware
quantum / scalar i500 firmware
quantum / scalar i500 firmware
quantum / scalar i500 firmware
quantum / scalar i500 firmware
quantum / scalar i500 firmware
quantum / scalar i500 firmware
quantum / scalar i500 firmware
quantum / scalar i500 firmware
quantum / scalar i500 firmware
quantum / scalar i500 firmware

References

http://osvdb.org/80227
http://secunia.com/advisories/48403
http://secunia.com/advisories/48453
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/913483(US Government Resource)
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/MAPG-8NNKN8(US Government Resource)
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/MAPG-8NVRPY(US Government Resource)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74161

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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