CVE-2012-4443 Privilege escalation in n/a

Medium 6.9 Published 5 Oct 2012 Updated 17 Sep 2024

Local attackers can gain root privileges by exploiting CGI script execution running with root UID/GID in Monkey HTTP Daemon.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2012-4443?

CVE-2012-4443 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 5 Oct 2012. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Monkey HTTP Daemon 0.9.3 uses a real UID of root and a real GID of root during execution of CGI scripts, which might allow local users to gain privileges by leveraging cgi-bin write access.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-4443?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Monkey-Project Monkey.

How do I fix CVE-2012-4443?

No fix has been published for CVE-2012-4443 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2012-4443 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-4443 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-4ggc-896w-79rc.