CVE-2012-4610 — EMC Avamar Client for VMware 6.1 stores the cleartext server root password on the proxy client, which might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by leveraging "network access" to the proxy client

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EMC Avamar Client for VMware 6.1 stores the cleartext server root password on the proxy client, which might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by leveraging "network access" to the proxy client

Published Oct 31, 2012

3.3

LOW

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.62%

Description

EMC Avamar Client for VMware 6.1 stores the cleartext server root password on the proxy client, which might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by leveraging "network access" to the proxy client.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.62% 0.00618

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00618

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (10 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.62% (0.00618)	47.72th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.62% (0.00618)	44.72th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.18% (0.00180)	37.45th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.60% (0.00599)	79.16th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.60% (0.00597)	77.73th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.60% (0.00597)	75.08th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.14% (0.01136)	59.45th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Oct 18, 2022	1.14% (0.01136)	58.28th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.14% (0.01136)	56.27th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.14% (0.01136)	34.23th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-255

References (3)

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/524532
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56317
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79661
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/524532		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56317		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79661		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner dell

Published Oct 31, 2012

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved Aug 24, 2012

Link CVE-2012-4610

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2012-4610

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2012-4610