FKIE_CVE-2012-2982

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2012-09-11 18:55 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:42
Severity
Summary
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.
References
cret@cert.orghttp://americaninfosec.com/research/index.html
cret@cert.orghttp://www.americaninfosec.com/research/dossiers/AISG-12-001.pdf
cret@cert.orghttp://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/788478Patch, US Government Resource
cret@cert.orghttp://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027507
cret@cert.orghttp://www.xerox.com/download/security/security-bulletin/16287-4d6b7b0c81f7b/cert_XRX13-003_v1.0.pdf
cret@cert.orghttps://github.com/webmin/webmin/commit/1f1411fe7404ec3ac03e803cfa7e01515e71a213Exploit, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://americaninfosec.com/research/index.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.americaninfosec.com/research/dossiers/AISG-12-001.pdf
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/788478Patch, US Government Resource
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027507
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.xerox.com/download/security/security-bulletin/16287-4d6b7b0c81f7b/cert_XRX13-003_v1.0.pdf
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/webmin/webmin/commit/1f1411fe7404ec3ac03e803cfa7e01515e71a213Exploit, Patch
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
gentoo webmin *
gentoo webmin 1.140
gentoo webmin 1.150
gentoo webmin 1.160
gentoo webmin 1.170
gentoo webmin 1.180
gentoo webmin 1.200
gentoo webmin 1.210
gentoo webmin 1.220
gentoo webmin 1.230
gentoo webmin 1.240
gentoo webmin 1.260
gentoo webmin 1.270
gentoo webmin 1.280
gentoo webmin 1.290
gentoo webmin 1.300
gentoo webmin 1.310
gentoo webmin 1.320
gentoo webmin 1.330
gentoo webmin 1.340
gentoo webmin 1.370
gentoo webmin 1.380
gentoo webmin 1.390
gentoo webmin 1.400
gentoo webmin 1.410
gentoo webmin 1.420
gentoo webmin 1.430
gentoo webmin 1.440
gentoo webmin 1.450
gentoo webmin 1.470
gentoo webmin 1.480
gentoo webmin 1.500
gentoo webmin 1.510
gentoo webmin 1.520
gentoo webmin 1.530
gentoo webmin 1.550
gentoo webmin 1.560
gentoo webmin 1.570
gentoo webmin 1.580
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