CVE-2012-3165

Status: ModifiedLow (3.6)—

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Sun Solaris 8, 9, 10, and 11 allows local users to affect confidentiality and integrity via unknown vectors related to mailx.

CVSS

Version: 2.0
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Base score: 3.6

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.38%
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 30
Score date: 10/7/2026

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 (1)

SUN — Sunos

CWEs

NVD-CWE-noinfo

References

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