CVE-2012-3338
IBM InfoSphere Guardium 8.0, 8.01, and 8.2 could allow a remote attacker to bypass security...
IBM InfoSphere Guardium 8.0, 8.01, and 8.2 could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by improper restrictions on the create new user account functionality. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to create unprivileged user accounts. IBM X-Force ID: 78286.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
IBM InfoSphere Guardium 8.0, 8.01, and 8.2 could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by improper restrictions on the create new user account functionality. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to create unprivileged user accounts. IBM X-Force ID: 78286.
- Record
CVE-2012-3338- CVSS 3.0
- 3.7 Low
CVSS:3.0/AC:H/A:N/UI:N/AV:N/C:N/PR:N/S:U/I:L/E:U/RC:C/RL:O - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2012-3316
IBM InfoSphere Guardium 8.0, 8.01, and 8.2 could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by improper restrictions on the create new user account functionality. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to create unprivileged user accounts. IBM X-Force ID: 78286.
- Record
EUVD-2012-3316- CVSS 3.0
- 3.7 Low
CVSS:3.0/AC:H/A:N/UI:N/AV:N/C:N/PR:N/S:U/I:L/E:U/RC:C/RL:O - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-4qcx-6j6m-v9pj No score
IBM InfoSphere Guardium 8.0, 8.01, and 8.2 could allow a remote attacker to bypass security...
IBM InfoSphere Guardium 8.0, 8.01, and 8.2 could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by improper restrictions on the create new user account functionality. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to create unprivileged user accounts. IBM X-Force ID: 78286.
- Record
GHSA-4qcx-6j6m-v9pj- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
IBM InfoSphere Guardium 8.0, 8.01, and 8.2 could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by improper restrictions on the create new user account functionality. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to create unprivileged user accounts. IBM X-Force ID: 78286.
- Record
CVE-2012-3338- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - CVSS 3.0
- 3.7 Low
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2012-3338 is a low vulnerability (CVSS 3.7) in Ibm Infosphere Guardium, published September 1, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.15%, the 66th percentile. No source names a fixed version.