CVE-2012-10039: Command Injection

Description

ZEN Load Balancer versions 2.0 and 3.0-rc1 contain a command injection vulnerability in content2-2.cgi. The filelog parameter is passed directly into a backtick-delimited exec() call without sanitation. An authenticated attacker can inject arbitrary shell commands, resulting in remote code execution as the root user. ZEN Load Balancer is the predecessor of ZEVENET and SKUDONET. The affected versions (2.0 and 3.0-rc1) are no longer supported. SKUDONET CE is the current community-maintained successor.

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Weakness Type (CWE)

CWE-78 OS Command Injection

References

Other References

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/master/modules/exploits/linux/http/zen_load_balancer_exec.rb https://web.archive.org/web/20111015031540/http://www.zenloadbalancer.com/ https://web.archive.org/web/20221203195056/https://itsecuritysolutions.org/2012-09-21-ZEN-Load-Balancer-v2.0-and-v3.0-rc1-multiple-vulnerabilities/ https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21849 https://www.fortiguard.com/encyclopedia/ips/33335/zen-load-balancer-filelog-command-execution

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2012-10039? +

ZEN Load Balancer versions 2.0 and 3.0-rc1 contain a command injection vulnerability in content2-2.cgi. The filelog parameter is passed directly into a backtick-delimited exec() call without sanitation. An authenticated attacker can inject arbitrary shell commands, resulting in remote code execution as the root user. ZEN Load Balancer is the predecessor of ZEVENET and SKUDONET. The affected versions (2.0 and 3.0-rc1) are no longer supported. SKUDONET CE is the current community-maintained successor.

How do I check if I'm vulnerable to CVE-2012-10039? +

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