FKIE_CVE-2012-10048

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-08-08 19:15 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:38
Severity
8.7 (High) - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Summary
Zenoss Core 3.x contains a command injection vulnerability in the showDaemonXMLConfig endpoint. The daemon parameter is passed directly to a Popen() call in ZenossInfo.py without proper sanitation, allowing authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands on the server as the zenoss user.
References
disclosure@vulncheck.comhttp://web.archive.org/web/20221203180334/https://itsecuritysolutions.org/2012-07-30-zenoss-3.2.1-multiple-security-vulnerabilities/
disclosure@vulncheck.comhttps://raw.githubusercontent.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/master/modules/exploits/linux/http/zenoss_showdaemonxmlconfig_exec.rb
disclosure@vulncheck.comhttps://sourceforge.net/projects/zenoss/
disclosure@vulncheck.comhttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20205
disclosure@vulncheck.comhttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37571
disclosure@vulncheck.comhttps://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/zenoss-command-execution
Impacted products
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-16T23:38:44.580",
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