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CVE-2012-4952

Status: ModifiedMedium (5)—

Henry Schein Dentrix G5 before 15.1.294 has a single internal-database password that is shared across different customers' installations, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information about patients by leveraging knowledge of this password from another installation.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

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)

Dentrix — G5

CWEs

References

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