CVE-2012-2982

Public Exploit

Description

file/show.cgi in Webmin 1.590 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands via an invalid character in a pathname, as demonstrated by a | (pipe) character.

6.5

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 82.23% Top 5%

Third-Party Advisory cert.org

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.americaninfosec.com/research/dossiers/AISG-12-001.pdf
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/788478	us government resource third party advisory patch
https://github.com/webmin/webmin/commit/1f1411fe7404ec3ac03e803cfa7e01515e71a213	patch exploit
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027507	vdb entry
http://americaninfosec.com/research/index.html
http://www.xerox.com/download/security/security-bulletin/16287-4d6b7b0c81f7b/cert_XRX13-003_v1.0.pdf

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2012-2982?: CVE-2012-2982 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2012-2982?: To fix CVE-2012-2982, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2012-2982 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2012-2982 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~82% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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