CVE-2012-4731 (GCVE-0-2012-4731)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-11-11 11:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 17:38
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
FAQ manager for Request Tracker (RTFM) before 2.4.5 does not properly check user rights, which allows remote authenticated users to create arbitrary articles in arbitrary classes via unknown vectors.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
5 references
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| http://secunia.com/advisories/51111 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA |
| http://lists.bestpractical.com/pipermail/rt-annou… | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2568 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN |
| http://lists.bestpractical.com/pipermail/rt-annou… | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/51062 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA |
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Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.
Sightings
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Nomenclature
- Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
- Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
- Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
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- Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
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model, served locally by ML-Gateway.
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The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
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