CVE-2012-0883

medium
Published 2012-04-18 · Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
6.9
VIR risk
6.9

Description

envvars (aka envvars-std) in the Apache HTTP Server before 2.4.2 places a zero-length directory name in the LD_LIBRARY_PATH, which allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DSO in the current working directory during execution of apachectl.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — https://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_24.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://www.apachelounge.com/Changelog-2.4.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://www.apache.org/dist/httpd/Announcement2.4.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1296428

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-0883

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed0
debian debianbullseyefixed0
debian debianforkyfixed0
debian debiansidfixed0
debian debiantrixiefixed0
suse suse11.4affected
suse suse12.1affected

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
apache apachehttp_server{"startIncluding":"2.2.0","endExcluding":"2.2.23"}2.2.23
apache apachehttp_server2.4.1

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.