CVE-2012-5896
HIGH · CVSS 10.0EPSS 68.7%EU EUVD
The Annotation Objects Extension ActiveX control in AnnotateX.dll in Quest InTrust 10.4.0.853 and earlier does not properly implement the Add method, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a memory address in the first argument, related to an "uninitialized pointer."
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 10.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- EPSS score
- 68.7% (99th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-5770)
- Published
- November 17, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-5770 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- quest / intrust
- quest / intrust
- quest / intrust
- quest / intrust
- quest / intrust
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-03/0153.html(Exploit)
- http://dev.metasploit.com/redmine/projects/framework/repository/entry/modules/exploits/windows/browser/intrust_annotatex_add.rb(Exploit)
- http://osvdb.org/80662
- http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/111312/Quest-InTrust-10.4.x-Annotation-Objects-Code-Execution.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/111853/Quest-InTrust-Annotation-Objects-Uninitialized-Pointer.html(Exploit)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48566(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18674(Exploit)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52765(Exploit)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74448
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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