HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2012-2321

Connman vulnerability

CVSS
10.0
EPSS
5.7%
EPSS pct
92th
Exploited
No known
The loopback plug-in in ConnMan before 0.85 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the (1) host name or (2) domain name in a DHCP reply.
Affected vendor
Connman
Affected product
Connman
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation
Published
2012-05-18

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 5.7% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 92% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2012-2321

  • Confirm whether Connman Connman is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2012-2321.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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