6.5

CVE-2012-2982: gentoo webmin

CVSS: 6.5v2.0MediumModified
Published 11-09-2012Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2012-2982 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) vulnerability in gentoo webmin. EPSS estimates a 62.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.1% of scored vulnerabilities. 3 public exploits are recorded.

Overall risk
48/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.5/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
62.18%
0%100%
Critical · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits3github, exploit-database, metasploit

Timeline

  1. 11-09-2012
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

62.18%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

99%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 62.18% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
62.18%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

3 found
  • githubUnverified

    Webmin

    Maturity: poc

  • exploit-databaseremoteunixVerified

    Webmin 1.580 - '/file/show.cgi' Remote Command Execution (Metasploit)

    Maturity: weaponized

  • MetasploitMetasploitremoteVerified

    Webmin /file/show.cgi Remote Command Execution

    exploit/unix/webapp/webmin_show_cgi_exec

    Maturity: weaponized

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Gentoo1 product
  • webmin≤ 1.590 | 1.140 | 1.150 | 1.160 | 1.170 | 1.180 | 1.200 | 1.210 | 1.220 | 1.230 | 1.240 | 1.260 | 1.270 | 1.280 | 1.290 | 1.300 | 1.310 | 1.320 | 1.330 | 1.340 | 1.370 | 1.380 | 1.390 | 1.400 | 1.410 | 1.420 | 1.430 | 1.440 | 1.450 | 1.470 | 1.480 | 1.500 | 1.510 | 1.520 | 1.530 | 1.550 | 1.560 | 1.570 | 1.580

1 vendor · 1 product

References

6 links