CVE-2012-2186

Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in main/manager.c in Asterisk Open Source 1.8.x before 1.8.15.1 and 10.x before 10.7.1, Certified Asterisk 1.8.11 before 1.8.11-cert6, Asterisk Digiumphones 10.x.x-digiumphones before 10.7.1-digiumphones, and Asterisk Business Edition C.3.x before C.3.7.6 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands by leveraging originate privileges and providing an ExternalIVR value in an AMI Originate action.

Published: 2012-08-31 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2012-2186 is rated High Risk (69.8/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.56%). Core evidence: EPSS rose +3.09% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-2186

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.46% 3.56% +3.09%
2 2025-03-30 1.20% 0.46% -0.73%
3 2025-03-29 1.20%

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-2186

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
8.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-2186

OS Trackers for CVE-2012-2186

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2012-2186 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (asterisk), 2 status rows across 2 suites (bullseye, sid): resolved 2. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-2186
gentoo normal CVE-2012-2186: 1 GLSA(s) (201209-15), 1 atom(s) (net-misc/asterisk); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2012-2186
ubuntu medium CVE-2012-2186 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (asterisk), 16 status rows across 16 suites (hardy, lucid, natty, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): not-affected 12, ignored 2, DNE 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-2186

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-2186

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
asterisk open_source 1.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.0:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.0:beta4:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.0:beta5:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.0:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.0:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.1 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.1 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.2 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.2 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.2:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.2.4 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.3 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.3 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.3:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.3 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.3:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.3 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.3:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.3.3 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.4 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.4 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.4:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.4 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.4:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.4 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.4:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.4.1 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.4.2 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.4.3 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.4.4 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.5 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.5:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.6.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.6.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.6.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.7 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.7.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.7.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.7.1 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.7.2 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.8.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.8.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.8.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.8.0:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.8.0:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.8.1 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.8.2 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.9.0 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.9.0 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.9.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.9.0 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.9.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.9.0 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.9.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.9.1 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.9.2 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.9.3 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.10.0 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.10.0 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.10.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.10.0 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.10.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.10.0 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.10.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.10.0 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.10.0:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.10.1 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.11.0 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.11.0 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.11.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.11.0 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.11.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.11.1 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.12 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.12.0 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.12.0 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.12.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.12.0 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.12.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.12.0 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.12.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
sangoma asterisk <= 1.8.15.0 cpe:2.3:a:sangoma:asterisk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 10.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:10.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-2186

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