What is CVE-2012-6610?

CVE-2012-6610 is a high-severity vulnerability in Polycom Hdx 8000, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2020-01-28.

How severe is CVE-2012-6610?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2012-6610 known to be exploited?

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

RCE in Polycom Hdx 8000

CVE-2012-6610

Polycom HDX Video End Points before 3.0.4 and UC APL before 2.7.1.J allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands as demonstrated by a ; (semicolon) to the ping command feature.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

Published 2020-01-28 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.109 (95.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-28.

Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 96th percentile — 95.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.109 · newest: 0.109 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Mar/18 (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
web.archive.org/web/20130317232013/http://blog.tempest.com.br/joao-paulo-campel… (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2012-6610?: CVE-2012-6610 is a high-severity vulnerability in Polycom Hdx 8000, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2020-01-28.
How severe is CVE-2012-6610?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2012-6610 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.