What is CVE-2012-5951?

CVE-2012-5951 is a vulnerability in IBM Tivoli Netview, classified under CWE-264. Published 2012-12-26.

Is CVE-2012-5951 known to be exploited?

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

Vulnerability in IBM Tivoli Netview

CVE-2012-5951

Unspecified vulnerability in IBM Tivoli NetView 1.4, 5.1 through 5.4, and 6.1 on z/OS allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging access to the normal Unix System Services (USS) security level.

Published 2012-12-26 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (35.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 35th percentile — 35.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

IBM Tivoli Netview — versions 1.4, 5.1, 5.2
IBM Z\/os

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-264

Public proof-of-concept exploits

mainframed/MainTP

References

www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss (vendor-advisory)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80643 (vdb-entry)
www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss (vendor-advisory)
www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss (Vendor Advisory)
www.securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss (vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2012-5951?: CVE-2012-5951 is a vulnerability in IBM Tivoli Netview, classified under CWE-264. Published 2012-12-26.
Is CVE-2012-5951 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.