CVE-2012-4545: elinks Improper Authentication
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2012-4545 is a medium (CVSS 5.1) Improper Authentication vulnerability in elinks. EPSS estimates a 1.91% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 79.8% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 5.1, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Timeline
- 03-01-2013PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
The http_negotiate_create_context function in protocol/http/http_negotiate.c in ELinks 0.12 before 0.12pre6, when using HTTP Negotiate or GSS-Negotiate authentication, delegates user credentials through GSSAPI, which allows remote servers to authenticate as the client via the delegated credentials.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
1.91%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
80%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 1.91% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Redhat2 products
- elinks< 0:0.11.1-8.el5_9 | < 0:0.12-0.21.pre5.el6_3
- elinks-debuginfo< 0:0.11.1-8.el5_9 | < 0:0.12-0.21.pre5.el6_3
Debian1 product
- elinks< 0.12~pre5-2+squeeze1 | < 0.12~pre5-9
Elinks1 product
- elinks0.12:pre1 | 0.12:pre2 | 0.12:pre3 | 0.12:pre4 | 0.12:pre5
3 vendors · 4 products
References
16 links
- repo.or.cz/w/…X Refsource CONFIRM
- bugzilla.elinks.cz/show_bug.cgi?id=1124X Refsource CONFIRM
