PT-2012-5404 · Monkey · Monkey Http Daemon

John Lightsey · Published 2012-10-05 · Updated 2020-03-26 · CVE-2012-4443

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.9

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Monkey HTTP Daemon version 0.9.3

Description The issue allows local users to potentially gain privileges by exploiting cgi-bin write access during the execution of CGI scripts, as the software uses a real UID of root and a real GID of root.

Recommendations For Monkey HTTP Daemon version 0.9.3, consider restricting write access to the cgi-bin directory to prevent potential privilege escalation.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-4443

Affected Products

Monkey Http Daemon

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4443 · Security Note
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=688879 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/21/10 · Note
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=688008 · Note