CVE-2012-2982
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5EPSS 61.9%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P- EPSS score
- 61.9% (99th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-2960)
- Published
- September 11, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-2960 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- gentoo / webmin
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- gentoo / webmin
References
- http://americaninfosec.com/research/index.html
- http://www.americaninfosec.com/research/dossiers/AISG-12-001.pdf
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/788478(Patch, US Government Resource)
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027507
- http://www.xerox.com/download/security/security-bulletin/16287-4d6b7b0c81f7b/cert_XRX13-003_v1.0.pdf
- https://github.com/webmin/webmin/commit/1f1411fe7404ec3ac03e803cfa7e01515e71a213(Exploit, Patch)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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