CVE-2012-6501
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
4.3
Description
The KillProcess method in the HP PKI ActiveX control (HPPKI.ocx) before 1.2.0.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (kill process) via the partial or full name of a process.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| hp | pki_activex_control | {"endIncluding":"1.1.0.6"} | |
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/47122
- http://www.osvdb.org/78272
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51341
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/72250
- http://secunia.com/advisories/47122
- http://www.osvdb.org/78272
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51341
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/72250
CWEs
CWE-20
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.