CVE-2012-10046

critical

Description

The E-Mail Security Virtual Appliance (ESVA) (tested on version ESVA_2057) contains an unauthenticated command injection vulnerability in the learn-msg.cgi script. The CGI handler fails to sanitize user-supplied input passed via the id parameter, allowing attackers to inject arbitrary shell commands. Exploitation requires no authentication and results in full command execution on the underlying system.

References

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/email-security-virtual-appliance-command-injection

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20712

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20551

https://sourceforge.net/projects/esva-project/

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/master/modules/exploits/linux/http/esva_exec.rb

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2025-08-08

Updated: 2025-08-08

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

CVSS v4

Base Score: 9.3

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00529