CVE-2012-10040
Severity CVSS v4.0:
CRITICAL
Type:
CWE-78
OS Command Injections
Publication date:
11/08/2025
Last modified:
11/08/2025
Description
Openfiler v2.x contains a command injection vulnerability in the system.html page. The device parameter is used to instantiate a NetworkCard object, whose constructor in network.inc calls exec() with unsanitized input. An authenticated attacker can exploit this to execute arbitrary commands as the openfiler user. Due to misconfigured sudoers, the openfiler user can escalate privileges to root via sudo /bin/bash without a password.
Impact
Base Score 4.0
9.40
Severity 4.0
CRITICAL
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- http://web.archive.org/web/20210922060411/https://itsecuritysolutions.org/2012-09-06-Openfiler-v2.x-multiple-vulnerabilities/
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/master/modules/exploits/linux/http/openfiler_networkcard_exec.rb
- https://sourceforge.net/projects/openfiler/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21191
- https://www.openfiler.com/