PT-2012-5642 · Webmin · Webmin

Published 2012-09-11 · Updated 2012-09-12 · CVE-2012-4893

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.8

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Webmin versions 1.590 and earlier

Description The issue allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of privileged users for requests, enabling them to read files or execute tar, zip, or gzip commands.

Recommendations For Webmin versions 1.590 and earlier, update to a version later than 1.590 to resolve the issue.

Fix

CSRF

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-352

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-4893

Affected Products

Webmin

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4893 · Security Note
• http://americaninfosec.com/research/index.html · Note
• http://americaninfosec.com/research/dossiers/AISG-12-001.pdf · Note
• http://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/788478 · Note