# CVE-2012-3018: Weak cryptography in n/a

> Local attackers can bypass authentication and gain administrative access in ICONICS GENESIS32 and BizViz due to weak encryption in the lockout-recovery feature.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.4 (`AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 31 Jul 2012
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-3hwj-3gj3-6grw

## What is CVE-2012-3018?

CVE-2012-3018 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 31 Jul 2012. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The lockout-recovery feature in the Security Configurator component in ICONICS GENESIS32 9.22 and earlier and BizViz 9.22 and earlier uses an improper encryption algorithm for generation of an authentication code, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions and obtain administrative access by predicting a challenge response.

Weakness: CWE-310

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-3018?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Iconics Bizviz, Iconics Genesis32.

## How do I fix CVE-2012-3018?

No fix has been published for CVE-2012-3018 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2012-3018 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-3018 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2011-5089](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-5089/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2020-12007](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-12007/): Deserialization in GenBroker32 (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2020-12011](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-12011/): Memory corruption in GenBroker32 (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2011-5088](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-5088/): Security feature bypass in n/a (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2011-2089](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-2089/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 9.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2012-3018 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2012-3018 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 31 Jul 2012. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-3018 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-2012-3018/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-3018/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-3018
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3018
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2012-3018

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