CVE-2012-10048

Zenoss Core 3.x contains a command injection vulnerability in the showDaemonXMLConfig endpoint. The daemon parameter is passed directly to a Popen() call in ZenossInfo.py without proper sanitation, allowing authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands on the server as the zenoss user.

CVSS v4.0

8.7 HIGHCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

EPSS

2.60% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 84th percentile

Published

2025-08-08

Updated

2026-04-07

Proof-of-concept exploits (3)

• http://web.archive.org/web/20221203180334/https://itsecuritysolutions.org/2012-07-30-zeno…
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20205
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37571

Metasploit modules (1)

• rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/linux/http/zenoss_showdaemonxmlc…

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2012-10047
• CVE-2012-10049
• CVE-2012-10046
• CVE-2012-1005
• CVE-2012-10045
• CVE-2012-10050