CVE-2012-10058

RabidHamster R4 v1.25 contains a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability due to unsafe use of sprintf() when logging malformed HTTP requests. A remote attacker can exploit this flaw by sending a specially crafted URI, resulting in arbitrary code execution under the context of the web server process.

CVSS v4.0

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

1.41% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 71th percentile

Published

2025-08-13

Updated

2026-04-07

Proof-of-concept exploits (2)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18929
• http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/r4_1-adv.txt

Metasploit modules (1)

• rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/windows/http/rabidhamster_r4_log…

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2012-10057
• CVE-2012-10059
• CVE-2012-10056
• CVE-2012-1006
• CVE-2012-10055
• CVE-2012-10060