CVE-2012-4443

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Published Oct 5, 2012 CVSS 2.0 · 6.9 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

Monkey HTTP Daemon 0.9.3 uses a real UID of root and a real GID of root during execution of CGI scripts, which might allow local users to gain privileges by leveraging cgi-bin write access.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:monkey-project:monkey:0.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2012-4376	Monkey HTTP Daemon 0.9.3 uses a real UID of root and a real GID of root during execution of CGI scripts, which might allow local users to gain privileges by leveraging cgi-bin write access.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.377% probability within 30 days)

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References

Link	Providers
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=688008
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=688879
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/21/10

History

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Subscriptions

Monkey-project Monkey

Weaknesses

CWE-264

Sources

CVE record Updated: Sep 17, 2024, 3:59 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published: Oct 5, 2012, 5:00 PM
Updated: Sep 17, 2024, 3:59 AM
Reserved: Aug 21, 2012, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 11:45 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Oct 5, 2012, 5:55 PM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 11:45 PM

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