Format string error in Webmin - CVE-2005-3912
Published: December 31, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU120873
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2005-3912
CWE-ID: CWE-134
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Webmin
Affected software:
Webmin
Webmin
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a format string error in miniserv.pl Perl web server. A remote attacker can supply a specially crafted input that contains format string specifiers and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires syslog logging enabled.
How to mitigate CVE-2005-3912
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://lists.immunitysec.com/pipermail/dailydave/2005-November/002685.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1199
- http://www.dyadsecurity.com/webmin-0001.html
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200512-02.xml
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:223
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_30_sr.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/418093/100/0/threaded
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2660
- http://www.webmin.com/changes-1.250.html
- http://www.webmin.com/security.html
- http://www.webmin.com/uchanges-1.180.html