CVE-2017-12065 Command injection in n/a
Remote attackers can execute arbitrary code in Cacti via vulnerable parameters in spikekill.php, requiring an upgrade to secure the system.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2017-12065?
CVE-2017-12065 is a critical command injection vulnerability in Cacti Cacti, published on 1 Aug 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
spikekill.php in Cacti before 1.1.16 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the avgnan, outlier-start, or outlier-end parameter.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-12065?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cacti Cacti.
How do I fix CVE-2017-12065?
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-2017-12065 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-12065 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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- CVE-2022-46169 Cacti Command Injection
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- CVE-2026-39938 Cacti: Unauthenticated RCE on Graph Image
- CVE-2026-39955 Cacti has Pre-Authentication SQL Injection via unanchored FILTER_VALIDATE_REGEXP in graph_view.php
- CVE-2023-39361 Unauthenticated SQL Injection in graph_view.php in Cacti
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2017-12065, GHSA-mcjp-rpv5-ppq7.