CVE-2012-10058
Severity CVSS v4.0:
CRITICAL
Type:
CWE-121
Stack-based Buffer Overflow
Publication date:
13/08/2025
Last modified:
14/08/2025
Description
RabidHamster R4 v1.25 contains a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability due to unsafe use of sprintf() when logging malformed HTTP requests. A remote attacker can exploit this flaw by sending a specially crafted URI, resulting in arbitrary code execution under the context of the web server process.
Impact
Base Score 4.0
10.00
Severity 4.0
CRITICAL
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/r4_1-adv.txt
- https://advisories.checkpoint.com/defense/advisories/public/2013/cpai-07-jan405.html
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/master/modules/exploits/windows/http/rabidhamster_r4_log.rb
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18929
- https://www.rabidhamster.org/R4/download.php
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/rabidhamster-r4-log-entry-buffer-overflow
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/master/modules/exploits/windows/http/rabidhamster_r4_log.rb