CVE-2012-0202

critical

Published 2012-05-04 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

10.0

Description

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in tm1admsd.exe in the Admin Server in IBM Cognos TM1 9.4.x and 9.5.x before 9.5.2 FP2 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted data.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-23969 remote windows verified

Metasploit · 2013-01-08

IBM Cognos - 'tm1admsd.exe' Remote Overflow (Metasploit)

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

Metasploit modules

exploit_windows/misc/ibm_cognos_tm1admsd_bof rank 300

IBM Cognos tm1admsd.exe Overflow

Source fetch failed: fetch_error — view the original via the link above.

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
ibm	cognos_tm1	`9.4.1`
ibm	cognos_tm1	`9.4.1.3`
ibm	cognos_tm1	`9.5.1`
ibm	cognos_tm1	`9.5.2`

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.