# CVE-2012-2287: Auth bypass in n/a

> Authenticated users can bypass token authentication to establish remote sessions on Windows hosts using specific configurations.

- **Severity:** High 8.5 (`AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 25 Sep 2012
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-7j96-r4rj-9xqh

## What is CVE-2012-2287?

CVE-2012-2287 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in n/a, published on 25 Sep 2012. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The authentication functionality in EMC RSA Authentication Agent 7.1 and RSA Authentication Client 3.5 on Windows XP and Windows Server 2003, when an unspecified configuration exists, allows remote authenticated users to bypass an intended token-authentication step, and establish a login session to a remote host, by leveraging Windows credentials for that host.

Weakness: CWE-287 (Improper Authentication)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-2287?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Emc Rsa Authentication Agent, Emc Rsa Authentication Client.

## How do I fix CVE-2012-2287?

No fix has been published for CVE-2012-2287 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2012-2287 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-2287 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2013-3280](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-3280/): Auth bypass in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2013-3271](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-3271/): Security feature bypass in n/a (medium 5.0)
- [CVE-2013-0942](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-0942/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 4.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2012-2287 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2012-2287 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in n/a, published on 25 Sep 2012. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-2287 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-2287/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-2287/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-2287
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2287
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2012-2287

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-2287/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.