Is CVE-2012-3268 being actively exploited?

CVE-2012-3268 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2012-3268?

CVE-2012-3268 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 3.5 (LOW).

CVE-2012-3268

LOW · CVSS 3.5EPSS 2.3%EU EUVD

Certain HP Access Controller, Fabric Module, Firewall, Router, Switch, and UTM Appliance products; certain HP 3Com Access Controller, Router, and Switch products; certain HP H3C Access Controller, Firewall, Router, Switch, and Switch and Route Processing Unit products; and certain Huawei Firewall/Gateway, Router, Switch, and Wireless products do not properly implement access control as defined in h3c-user.mib 2.0 and hh3c-user.mib 2.0, which allows remote authenticated users to discover credentials in UserInfoEntry values via an SNMP request with the read-only community.

Key facts

CVSS score: 3.5 (v2.0)
Severity: LOW
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-522
EPSS score: 2.3% (83th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2012-3246)
Published: February 1, 2013
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-3246 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

hp / 0150a129
hp / 0150a12a
hp / 0150a12b
hp / 0150a12c
hp / 0231a0av
hp / 0231a65t
hp / 0231a761
hp / 0231a832
hp / 0231a86p
hp / 0231a88a
hp / 0231a88l
hp / 0235a08f
hp / 0235a08h
hp / 0235a08k
hp / 0235a08m
hp / 0235a09t
hp / 0235a0a7
hp / 0235a0a8
hp / 0235a0as
hp / 0235a0bq
hp / 0235a0br
hp / 0235a0bs
hp / 0235a0bt
hp / 0235a0bu
hp / 0235a0bx
hp / 0235a0c0
hp / 0235a0c2
hp / 0235a0c4
hp / 0235a0ct
hp / 0235a0e3
hp / 0235a0e5
hp / 0235a0e6
hp / 0235a0e7
hp / 0235a0g0
hp / 0235a0g1
hp / 0235a0g2
hp / 0235a0g3
hp / 0235a0g4
hp / 0235a0g5
hp / 0235a0g6
hp / 0235a0g7
hp / 0235a0g8
hp / 0235a0g9
hp / 0235a0ga
hp / 0235a0gc
hp / 0235a0gd
hp / 0235a0ge
hp / 0235a0gf
hp / 0235a10b
hp / 0235a10c

and 637 more…

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-10/0123.html(Broken Link)
http://grutztopia.jingojango.net/2012/10/hph3c-and-huawei-snmp-weak-access-to.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c03515685(Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
http://support.huawei.com/enterprise/NewsReadAction.action?newType=0301&contentId=NEWS1000001165&idAbsPath=0301_10001&nameAbsPath=Services%2520News(Vendor Advisory)
http://support.huawei.com/support/pages/news/NewsInfoAction.do?doc_id=IN0000054930&colID=ROOTENWEB%7CCO0000000170&actionFlag=view
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/225404(Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource)
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/MORO-8ZDJDP(Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56183(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027694(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)

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

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