CVE-2012-2285

Status: ModifiedMedium (6.8)—

EMC Cloud Tiering Appliance (aka CTA, formerly FMA) 9.0 and earlier, and Cloud Tiering Appliance Virtual Edition (CTA/VE) 9.0 and earlier, allows remote attackers to obtain GUI administrative access by sending a crafted file during the authentication phase.

CVSS

Version: 2.0
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Base score: 6.8

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 1.40%
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 72
Score date: 10/3/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (2)

EMC — Cloud Tiering Appliance EMC — Cloud Tiering Appliance Virtual Edition

CWEs

CWE-287

References

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