What is CVE-2012-2289?

CVE-2012-2289 is a vulnerability in EMC Applicationxtender Desktop, classified under CWE-264. Published 2012-08-26.

Is CVE-2012-2289 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in EMC Applicationxtender Desktop

CVE-2012-2289

EMC ApplicationXtender Desktop before 6.5 SP2 and ApplicationXtender Web Access .NET before 6.5 SP2 allow remote attackers to upload files to any location, and possibly execute arbitrary code, via unspecified vectors.

Published 2012-08-26 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.054 (92.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 92nd percentile — 92.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.054 · newest: 0.054 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-264

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cve-scores

References

archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-08/0168.html (mailing-list)
www.securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2012-2289?: CVE-2012-2289 is a vulnerability in EMC Applicationxtender Desktop, classified under CWE-264. Published 2012-08-26.
Is CVE-2012-2289 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.