Vulnerability record · CVE-2012-0406 · published 20 April 2012

CVE-2012-0406: Emc data protection advisor permissions and access controls vulnerability

Emc · Data Protection Advisor

The DPA_Utilities.cProcessAuthenticationData function in EMC Data Protection Advisor (DPA) 5.5 through 5.8 SP1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via an AUTHENTICATECONNECTION command that (1) lacks a password field or (2) has an empty password.

7.8 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 8.6% · top 5.1% CWE-264 · Permissions and access controls

7.8CVSS 2.0 base score

8.6%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days

NoNot in CISA KEV

1Affected product versions listed by NVD

8References, 2 tagged exploit

16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

Data Protection Advisor Emc

References

Link	Tags
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/dpa_1-adv.txt	Exploit
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18688/
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/522408/30/0/threaded
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026956
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/dpa_1-adv.txt	Exploit
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18688/
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/522408/30/0/threaded
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026956

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2012-0406), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.