CVE-2012-6096 EXPLOIT
7.5
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 66.5% (pctl 99)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the get_history function in history.cgi in Nagios Core before 3.4.4, and Icinga 1.6.x before 1.6.2, 1.7.x before 1.7.4, and 1.8.x before 1.8.4, might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long (1) host_name variable (host parameter) or (2) svc_description variable.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.5 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 66.45% — more likely to be exploited than 99% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-119 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2013-01-22 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| icinga | icinga |
| nagios | nagios |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Nagios3 - 'history.cgi' Host Command Execution (Metasploit) | 2013-01-16 |
| exploit-db | Nagios3 - 'history.cgi' Remote Command Execution | 2013-01-13 |
References
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2012-December/089125.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00033.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00060.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00077.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00088.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51863
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2616
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2653
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/24084
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/24159
- http://www.nagios.org/projects/nagioscore/history/core-3x
- http://www.osvdb.org/89170
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56879
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=893269
- https://dev.icinga.org/issues/3532
- https://www.icinga.org/2013/01/14/icinga-1-6-2-1-7-4-1-8-4-released/
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2012-December/089125.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00033.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00060.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00077.html
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