THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2012-1166
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2012-1166

Ltsp Display Manager vulnerability

CVSS
10.0
EPSS
4.8%
EPSS pct
91th
Exploited
No known
The default keybindings for wwm in LTSP Display Manager (ldm) 2.2.x before 2.2.7 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via the KP_RETURN keybinding, which launches a terminal window.
Affected vendor
Canonical
Affected product
Ltsp Display Manager
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-78 — OS Command Injection
Published
2014-05-21

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 4.8% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 91% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2012-1166

  • Confirm whether Canonical Ltsp Display Manager is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2012-1166.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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