Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Apache HTTP Server - CVE-2012-0883
Published: April 18, 2012 / Updated: July 28, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU32751
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-0883
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
envvars (aka envvars-std) in the Apache HTTP Server before 2.4.2 places a zero-length directory name in the LD_LIBRARY_PATH, which allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DSO in the current working directory during execution of apachectl.
Affected software
Apache HTTP Server
apache2 (Alpine package)
HP-UX Web Server Suite
apache2 (Alpine package)
HP-UX Web Server Suite
How to mitigate CVE-2012-0883
Install update from vendor's website.
Apache HTTP Server - update to 2.4.2
apache2 (Alpine package) - update to 2.2.23-r0
HP-UX Web Server Suite - addressed in versions 2.36, 3.24
apache2 (Alpine package) - update to 2.2.23-r0
HP-UX Web Server Suite - addressed in versions 2.36, 3.24
External References
- http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.apache.devel/48158
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Sep/msg00002.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00009.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00012.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=134012830914727&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48849
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5880
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1296428
- http://www.apache.org/dist/httpd/Announcement2.4.html
- http://www.apachelounge.com/Changelog-2.4.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53046
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026932
- http://www.xerox.com/download/security/security-bulletin/16287-4d6b7b0c81f7b/cert_XRX13-003_v1.0.pdf
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74901
- https://h20564.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c03839862
- https://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_24.html
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/56c2e7cc9deb1c12a843d0dc251ea7fd3e7e80293cde02fcd65286ba@%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/84a3714f0878781f6ed84473d1a503d2cc382277e100450209231830@%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8d63cb8e9100f28a99429b4328e4e7cebce861d5772ac9863ba2ae6f@%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f7f95ac1cd9895db2714fa3ebaa0b94d0c6df360f742a40951384a53@%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r57608dc51b79102f3952ae06f54d5277b649c86d6533dcd6a7d201f7@%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd18c3c43602e66f9cdcf09f1de233804975b9572b0456cc582390b6f@%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfbaf647d52c1cb843e726a0933f156366a806cead84fbd430951591b@%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E