Vulnerability Report

CVE-2012-2515

Title: Emc Documentum Applicationxtender Desktop RCE

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2012-2515.

CWE Category CWE-119

Published Date Jul 05, 2012

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 9.3 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

27.60%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2012-2515: Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the KeyHelp.KeyCtrl.1 ActiveX control in KeyHelp.ocx 1.2.312 in KeyWorks KeyHelp Module (aka the HTML Help component), as used in EMC Documentum ApplicationXtender Desktop 5.4; EMC Captiva Quickscan Pro 4.6 SP1; GE Intelligent Platforms Proficy Historian 3.1, 3.5, 4.0, and 4.5; GE Intelligent Platforms Proficy HMI/SCADA iFIX 5.0 and 5.1; GE Intelligent Platforms Proficy Pulse 1.0; GE Intelligent Platforms Proficy Batch Execution 5.6; GE Intelligent Platforms SI7 I/O Driver 7.20 through 7.42; and other products, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long string in the second argument to the (1) JumpMappedID or (2) JumpURL method.

Impacted Vendors

emc 2

ge 5

Reference Links

http://retrogod.altervista.org/9sg_emc_keyhelp.html http://secunia.com/advisories/36905 http://secunia.com/advisories/36914 http://support.ge-ip.com/support/resources/sites/GE_FANUC_SUPPORT/content/live/KB/14000/KB14863/en_US/GEIP12-04%20Security%20Advisory%20-%20Proficy%20HTML%20Help.pdf http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36546 http://www.us-cert.gov/control_systems/pdf/ICSA-12-131-02.pdf http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2793 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2795 http://retrogod.altervista.org/9sg_emc_keyhelp.html http://secunia.com/advisories/36905 http://secunia.com/advisories/36914 http://support.ge-ip.com/support/resources/sites/GE_FANUC_SUPPORT/content/live/KB/14000/KB14863/en_US/GEIP12-04%20Security%20Advisory%20-%20Proficy%20HTML%20Help.pdf http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36546 http://www.us-cert.gov/control_systems/pdf/ICSA-12-131-02.pdf http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2793 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2795

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

9.3

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2012-2515 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 29, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 11, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

July 05, 2012 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.