CVE-2012-2104 Command injection in n/a

Medium 6.8 Published Updated

Remote attackers can execute arbitrary commands or delete files via crafted HTTP requests if a user views malicious logs in a terminal.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2012-2104?

CVE-2012-2104 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in n/a, published on 26 Aug 2012. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

cgi-bin/munin-cgi-graph in Munin 2.x writes data to a log file without sanitizing non-printable characters, which might allow user-assisted remote attackers to inject terminal emulator escape sequences and execute arbitrary commands or delete arbitrary files via a crafted HTTP request.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-2104?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Munin-Monitoring Munin.

How do I fix CVE-2012-2104?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.

Is CVE-2012-2104 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2012-2104 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2012-2104, GHSA-3pm4-hp5q-g8qj.

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