CVE-2012-2395

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Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in action_power.py in Cobbler 2.2.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the (1) username or (2) password fields to the power_system method in the xmlrpc API.

Published: 2012-06-16 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-2395 is rated High Exploit Risk (82.1/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 5.56%, 92th percentile). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +5.08% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2012-2395

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-2395

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 0.47% 5.56% +5.08%
2 2026-05-08 0.64% 0.47% -0.17%
3 2026-04-04 — 0.64% —

Full EPSS history (17 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-2395

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P 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:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-2395

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2012-2395

GHSA-g34c-mg6m-xvxj · Severity: high · Ecosystem: pip — Cobbler subject to Command Injection

OS Trackers for CVE-2012-2395

vendor priority summary link
redhat high — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-2395
ubuntu medium CVE-2012-2395 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (cobbler, maas-provision), 36 status rows across 18 suites (artful, bionic, hardy, lucid, natty, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): DNE 20, ignored 13, needs-triage 2, not-affected 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-2395

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-2395

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
michael_dehaan cobbler 2.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:michael_dehaan:cobbler:2.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-2395

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