CVE-2012-5610

Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in lib/filesystem.php in ownCloud before 4.0.9 and 4.5.x before 4.5.2 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary PHP code by uploading a file with a special crafted name.

Published: 2012-12-18 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2012-5610 is rated Moderate Risk (52.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.09%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-5610

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 2025-03-30 1.03% 1.09% +0.06%
2 2025-03-29 1.09% 1.03% -0.06%
3 2025-03-17 1.09%

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-5610

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/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:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
8.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-5610

OS Trackers for CVE-2012-5610

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2012-5610 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (owncloud), 12 status rows across 12 suites (hardy, lucid, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily): DNE 6, not-affected 3, released 2, ignored 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-5610

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2012-5610

Comment: Per: http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/184.html 'CWE-184: Incomplete Blacklist'

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-5610

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
owncloud owncloud <= 4.0.8 cpe:2.3:a:owncloud:owncloud:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
owncloud owncloud_server 3.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:owncloud:owncloud_server:3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
owncloud owncloud_server 3.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:owncloud:owncloud_server:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
owncloud owncloud_server 3.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:owncloud:owncloud_server:3.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
owncloud owncloud_server 3.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:owncloud:owncloud_server:3.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
owncloud owncloud_server 4.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:owncloud:owncloud_server:4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
owncloud owncloud_server 4.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:owncloud:owncloud_server:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
owncloud owncloud_server 4.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:owncloud:owncloud_server:4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
owncloud owncloud_server 4.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:owncloud:owncloud_server:4.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
owncloud owncloud_server 4.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:owncloud:owncloud_server:4.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
owncloud owncloud_server 4.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:owncloud:owncloud_server:4.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
owncloud owncloud_server 4.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:owncloud:owncloud_server:4.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
owncloud owncloud_server 4.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:owncloud:owncloud_server:4.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-5610

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