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CVE-2012-5520
The send_to_sourcefire function in manage_sql.c in OpenVAS Manager 3.x before 3.0.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands…
High7.5EPSS 3.1%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
The send_to_sourcefire function in manage_sql.c in OpenVAS Manager 3.x before 3.0.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via the (1) IP address or (2) port number field in an OMP request.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 33 days later
· 33 days later
Published
- 12 years later
· 12 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.1% · top 12% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (11)
- 20121114 Re: Re: [oss-security] Re: [OVSA20121112] OpenVAS Manager Vulnerable To Command Injection (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20121113 [OVSA20121112] OpenVAS Manager Vulnerable To Command Injection (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20121113 [OVSA20121112] OpenVAS Manager Vulnerable To Command Injection (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20121114 Re: Re: [OVSA20121112] OpenVAS Manager Vulnerable To Command Injection (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://www.openvas.org/OVSA20121112.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 49128 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://wald.intevation.org/scm/viewvc.php?view=rev&root=openvas&revision=14437 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 56497 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20121114 Re: Re: Re: [OVSA20121112] OpenVAS Manager Vulnerable To Command Injection (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 20121114 Re: [oss-security] Re: [OVSA20121112] OpenVAS Manager Vulnerable To Command Injection (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20121113 Re: [OVSA20121112] OpenVAS Manager Vulnerable To Command Injection (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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