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CVE-2012-6096

79
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-6096 describes multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the history.cgi component of Nagios Core before 3.4.4 and Icinga versions 1.6.x, 1.7.x, and 1.8.x. This vulnerability allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by sending crafted long host_name or svc_description variables. With a CVSS score of 7.5, it is considered highly severe due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not on the CISA KEV catalog, exploit code, including a Metasploit module, is publicly available, indicating a high likelihood of exploitation, despite minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 3.4.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:nagios:nagios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:nagios:nagios:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:nagios:nagios:3.0:alpha1:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:nagios:nagios:3.0:alpha2:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:nagios:nagios:3.0:alpha3:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
66.45%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: Nagios3 history.cgi Host Command Execution · Dec 9, 2012
ExploitDB: EDB-24159 · Jan 16, 2013
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.6645 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 51,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

lists.grok.org.uk / pipermail/full-disclosure/2012-December/089125.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00033.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00060.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00077.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00088.html
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
dev.icinga.org / issues/3532
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/51863
Vendor Advisory
icinga.org / 2013/01/14/icinga-1-6-2-1-7-4-1-8-4-released
debian.org / security/2013/dsa-2616
debian.org / security/2013/dsa-2653
exploit-db.com / exploits/24084
Exploit
exploit-db.com / exploits/24159
Exploit
nagios.org / projects/nagioscore/history/core-3x
osvdb.org / 89170
securityfocus.com / bid/56879
Exploit