CVE-2012-2244

medium

Published 2012-11-24 · Modified 2026-04-29

CVSS v3

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CVSS v2

6.0

VIR risk

6.0

Description

Mahara 1.4.x before 1.4.5 and 1.5.x before 1.5.4 allows remote authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary programs by modifying the path to clamav. NOTE: this can be exploited without authentication by leveraging CVE-2012-2243.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: security@debian.org — https://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=4936

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
mahara	mahara	`1.4`
mahara	mahara	`1.4.0`
mahara	mahara	`1.4.1`
mahara	mahara	`1.4.2`
mahara	mahara	`1.4.3`
mahara	mahara	`1.5`
mahara	mahara	`1.5.0`
mahara	mahara	`1.5.1`
mahara	mahara	`1.5.2`
mahara	mahara	`1.5.3`

References

http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2591
https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1057238
https://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=4936
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2591
https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1057238
https://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=4936

CWEs

CWE-264

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