CVE-2012-2986

high

Published 2012-08-20 · Modified 2026-04-29

CVSS v3

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CVSS v2

7.7

VIR risk

7.7

Description

lhn/public/network/ping in HP SAN/iQ 9.5 on the HP Virtual SAN Appliance allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the (1) first, (2) third, or (3) fourth parameter. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2012-4361.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
hp	san\/iq	`9.5`

References

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/441363
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/441363

CWEs

CWE-78

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