Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Monkey - CVE-2012-4443
Published: October 5, 2012 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU43431
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-4443
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Monkey Software
Affected software:
Monkey
Monkey
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
Monkey HTTP Daemon 0.9.3 uses a real UID of root and a real GID of root during execution of CGI scripts, which might allow local users to gain privileges by leveraging cgi-bin write access.
How to mitigate CVE-2012-4443
Install update from vendor's website.