CVE-2012-6357
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedIBM Maximo Asset Management 7.5, Maximo Asset Management Essentials 7.5, and SmartCloud Control Desk 7.5 allow remote authenticated users to gain privileges and bypass intended restrictions on asset-lookup operations via unspecified vectors.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceThis is an authorization bypass vulnerability in IBM Maximo Asset Management 7.5 and related products where authenticated remote users can bypass intended restrictions on asset-lookup operations, allowing them to gain elevated privileges within the application. The vulnerability specifically affects the asset-lookup functionality and requires valid authentication to exploit.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 7.5.0.0= 7.5.0.0= 7.5.0.0CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Authentication
- Single
- Confidentiality
- Partial
- Integrity
- Partial
- Availability
- Partial
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
-
Identify installed Maximo versionCheck the Maximo About screen in the application or look at the installation directory for version.info or similar version file. In the Maximo UI, go to > System Configuration > Platform Configuration > System Properties and check the 'maximo.version' property, or use the maxinst utility to query the version.Affected if The installed version is exactly 7.5.0.0 for Maximo Asset Management, Maximo Asset Management Essentials, or SmartCloud Control Desk.
-
Verify asset-lookup module is accessibleDetermine if the asset-lookup functionality is enabled in the system. Check the application deployment configuration or the Maximo System Configuration > Application Designer to see if the Asset application and its lookup features are deployed and accessible to users.Affected if The asset-lookup feature is available and users have access to the Asset application in Maximo.
-
Check for user authentication configurationReview the security configuration in Maximo Security Groups to identify which users and groups have access to the Asset application and its lookup operations. Look for the specific permissions granted around asset-lookup functionality.Affected if Users with standard (non-administrator) credentials exist in the system who can access asset-lookup operations.
-
Inspect asset-lookup API accessReview system logs or audit trails for asset-lookup API calls. Check if the web services or XML API endpoints for asset lookups (such as those accessed via the.psessoin or direct URL calls) are accessible to authenticated users without proper role validation.Affected if Asset-lookup API endpoints are accessible to authenticated users without explicit administrator privileges.
You are affected if you are running exactly version 7.5.0.0 of IBM Maximo Asset Management, Maximo Asset Management Essentials, or SmartCloud Control Desk and the asset-lookup functionality is accessible to authenticated non-administrative users.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataApply the relevant IBM patch or upgrade to a fixed version of Maximo Asset Management/SmartCloud Control Desk. If patching is not immediately feasible, implement compensating controls such as strict access control reviews and monitoring of asset-lookup API calls for anomalous behavior.
- Consultation4.0 h
- Implementation12.0 h
- Testing6.0 h
- Review / QA3.0 h
An estimate, not a bill — we confirm scope with you before any work starts. Need it this week? Rush from $7,040.
Scan for this in your stack
Free · runs locallyCheck whether your project pulls in CVE-2012-6357 — or any other known-vulnerable package — straight from your lock files. Free and open source; it runs locally and uploads nothing.
References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2012-6357 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
No notes yet
Be the first to add a field note for this CVE — a mitigation you’ve verified, a version caveat, or a link to a working fix. Sign in above to contribute.
A place for practitioners to share what actually worked: a mitigation you’ve tested, a configuration change, a version- or environment-specific caveat, or a link to a verified patch. The most useful notes rise to the top as peers upvote them, so the signal stays high.
- Verified mitigations, workarounds, and config changes
- Version or environment caveats, and links to real fixes
- No weaponised exploit code, or anything meant to cause harm
- No spam, self-promotion, credentials, or personal data