CVE-2012-2981

N/A Unknown

Published: September 11, 2012 Modified: April 29, 2026

Description

Webmin 1.590 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary Perl code via a crafted file associated with the type (aka monitor type name) parameter.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://americaninfosec.com/research/index.html

Source: cret@cert.org

http://www.americaninfosec.com/research/dossiers/AISG-12-000.pdf

Source: cret@cert.org

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/788478

Source: cret@cert.org

Patch US Government Resource

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027507

Source: cret@cert.org

http://www.xerox.com/download/security/security-bulletin/16287-4d6b7b0c81f7b/cert_XRX13-003_v1.0.pdf

Source: cret@cert.org

https://github.com/webmin/webmin/commit/ed7365064c189b8f136a9f952062249167d1bd9e

Source: cret@cert.org

Patch

http://americaninfosec.com/research/index.html