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CVE-2012-10040

47
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-10040 is a critical command injection vulnerability in Openfiler v2.x, specifically within the system.html page. An authenticated attacker can exploit unsanitized input in the 'device' parameter to execute arbitrary commands as the 'openfiler' user. Due to misconfigured sudoers, this user can then escalate privileges to root without a password, leading to complete system compromise. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 9.4 (Critical), indicating a severe risk with a low attack complexity and requiring only low privileges for an attacker to achieve full confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. Its high EPSS score and FAUCET Risk Score further emphasize its exploitability and potential for widespread impact. Exploit intelligence confirms the existence of a Metasploit module for this vulnerability, indicating readily available exploit code. While not listed on ExploitDB or KEV, the significant community discussion surrounding this CVE suggests active awareness and potential for exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
OpenfilerOpenfiler
2.0CNA affecteddefault unknown

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 4.0

9.4CRITICAL

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
VS Confidentiality
HIGH
VS Integrity
HIGH
VS Availability
HIGH
SS Confidentiality
HIGH
SS Integrity
HIGH
SS Availability
HIGH
Exploit Maturity
NOT_DEFINED
CvssVersion
4.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.41%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
82.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: Openfiler v2.x NetworkCard Command Execution · Sep 4, 2012
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0241 is in the 85th percentile among its peer group of 1,124 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 1.0 Bluesky, 0.5 Mastodon, and 1.6 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

raw.githubusercontent.com / rapid7/metasploit-framework/master/modules/exploits/linux/http/openfiler_networkcard_exec.rb
sourceforge.net / projects/openfiler
exploit-db.com / exploits/21191
openfiler.com
web.archive.org / web/20210922060411/https://itsecuritysolutions.org/2012-09-06-Openfiler-v2.x-multiple-vulnerabilities