National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2012-2981
Original release date:09/11/2012
Last revised:09/12/2012
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Webmin 1.590 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary Perl code via a crafted file associated with the type (aka monitor type name) parameter.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
6.4
Exploitability Subscore:
6.8
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows unauthorized modification; Allows disruption of service
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US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#788478
Name: VU#788478
Type: Patch Information
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://github.com/webmin/webmin/commit/ed7365064c189b8f136a9f952062249167d1bd9e
Type: Patch Information
External Source: MISC
Name: http://www.americaninfosec.com/research/dossiers/AISG-12-000.pdf
External Source: MISC
Name: http://americaninfosec.com/research/index.html