CVE-2012-4443 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in Monkey HTTP Daemon 0.9.3. The daemon executes CGI scripts with root privileges (real UID and GID), potentially allowing local users with write access to cgi-bin directories to gain elevated privileges. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.9, indicating high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, with a local attack vector and medium attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.9.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:monkey-project:monkey:0.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.