CVE-2012-4361

Exp

lhn/public/network/ping in HP SAN/iQ before 9.5 on the HP Virtual SAN Appliance allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the second parameter.

Published: 2012-08-20 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2012-4361 is rated High Exploit Risk (83.4/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 47.80%, 99th percentile). Core evidence: 4 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +3.05% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2012-4361

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
18901 exploit_db edb 2012-05-21 Exploit-DB ↗
18893 exploit_db edb 2012-02-17 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-4361

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 44.75% 47.80% +3.05%
2 2025-03-30 55.03% 44.75% -10.28%
3 2025-03-29 55.03%

Full EPSS history (17 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-4361

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.7 2.0 HIGH
AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:A)
Requires access to an adjacent network segment.
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.
5.1 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-4361

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-4361

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
hp san\/iq <= 9.0 cpe:2.3:a:hp:san\/iq:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp san\/iq 8.0 cpe:2.3:a:hp:san\/iq:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp san\/iq 8.1 cpe:2.3:a:hp:san\/iq:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp san\/iq 8.5 cpe:2.3:a:hp:san\/iq:8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-4361

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