CVE-2012-4443

2012-10-0517:00:00

redhat

www.cve.org

monkey http daemon

privilege escalation

cgi execution

local users

write access

cve-2012-4443

AI Score

6.7

Confidence

Low

EPSS

Percentile

5.1%

JSON

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.

References

bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=688008

bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=688879

www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/21/10