# CVE-2012-2982

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.

- Page: https://www.vulneraibility.com/cve/CVE-2012-2982
- CVSS: 6.5
- Known exploited: not in CISA KEV as of our last sync
- EPSS: 61.92% (percentile 99.2)
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB · 1 Metasploit module · 18 GitHub proofs of concept (first 2012-10-10)
- Published: 2012-09-11

## Affected

- gentoo:webmin

## References

- [other] http://www.americaninfosec.com/research/dossiers/AISG-12-001.pdf
- [advisory] http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/788478
- [other] https://github.com/webmin/webmin/commit/1f1411fe7404ec3ac03e803cfa7e01515e71a213
- [other] http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027507
- [other] http://americaninfosec.com/research/index.html
- [other] http://www.xerox.com/download/security/security-bulletin/16287-4d6b7b0c81f7b/cert_XRX13-003_v1.0.pdf

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