Vulnerability CVE-2012-2983
Published: 2012-09-11

Description:
file/edit_html.cgi in Webmin 1.590 and earlier does not perform an authorization check before showing a file's unedited contents, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via the file field.

Type:

CWE-287

 (Improper Authentication)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
None
None
Affected software
Gentoo -> Webmin 

 References:
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/788478
https://github.com/webmin/webmin/commit/4cd7bad70e23e4e19be8ccf7b9f245445b2b3b80
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027507
http://www.americaninfosec.com/research/dossiers/AISG-12-002.pdf
http://americaninfosec.com/research/index.html
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