CVE-2012-1196

medium

Published 2012-02-18 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

6.0

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the VulCore web service (WSVulnerabilityCore/VulCore.asmx) in Lenovo ThinkManagement Console 9.0.3 allows remote attackers to delete arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the filename parameter in a SetTaskLogByFile SOAP request.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-18714 remote windows verified

Metasploit · 2012-04-08

LANDesk Lenovo ThinkManagement Console - Remote Command Execution (Metasploit)

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

EDB-18623 remote windows verified

rgod · 2012-03-19

LANDesk Lenovo ThinkManagement Suite 9.0.3 Core Server - Arbitrary File Deletion

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

Metasploit modules

exploit_windows/http/landesk_thinkmanagement_upload_asp rank 600

LANDesk Lenovo ThinkManagement Console Remote Command Execution

Source fetch failed: fetch_error — view the original via the link above.

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
landesk	lenovo_thinkmanagement_console	`9.0.3`

References

CWEs

CWE-22

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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