Auth bypass in Gimp
CVE-2012-4245
The scriptfu network server in GIMP 2.6 does not require authentication, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via the python-fu-eval command.
Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.045 (91.2th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 91st percentile — 91.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.045 · newest: 0.045 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/20/1 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-08/0106.html (mailing-list, Third Party Advisory)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-01 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/16/6 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.reactionpenetrationtesting.co.uk/GIMP-scriptfu-python-command-execution.html (Third Party Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/55089 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, Broken Link)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/17/2 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.xerox.com/download/security/security-bulletin/16287-4d6b7b0c81f7b/cert_XRX1… (Third Party Advisory)