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CVE-2012-4545

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-287 Authentication Issues
Publication date:
03/01/2013
Last modified:
11/04/2025

Description

The http_negotiate_create_context function in protocol/http/http_negotiate.c in ELinks 0.12 before 0.12pre6, when using HTTP Negotiate or GSS-Negotiate authentication, delegates user credentials through GSSAPI, which allows remote servers to authenticate as the client via the delegated credentials.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.10 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
5.10
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:elinks:elinks:0.12:pre1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:elinks:elinks:0.12:pre2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:elinks:elinks:0.12:pre3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:elinks:elinks:0.12:pre4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:elinks:elinks:0.12:pre5:*:*:*:*:*:*

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