CVE-2012-5931

medium

Published 2012-12-24 · 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

6.5

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the set_log_config function in regclnt.dll in unifid.exe in NetIQ Privileged User Manager 2.3.x before 2.3.1 HF2 allows remote authenticated users to create or overwrite arbitrary files via directory traversal sequences in a log pathname.

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-22737 remote windows verified

rgod · 2012-11-15

Novell NetIQ Privileged User Manager 2.3.1 - 'auth.dll' pa_modify_accounts() Remote Code Execution

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
microfocus	privileged_user_manager	`2.3.0`
microfocus	privileged_user_manager	`2.3.1`

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.