CVE-2012-4245

MediumCVSS 6.8/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

The scriptfu network server in GIMP 2.6 does not require authentication, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via the python-fu-eval command.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 6.8/10AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weakness enumeration

CWE-862

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-08/0106.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/16/6Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/17/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/20/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.reactionpenetrationtesting.co.uk/GIMP-scriptfu-python-command-execution.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55089Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.xerox.com/download/security/security-bulletin/16287-4d6b7b0c81f7b/cert_XRX13-003_v1.0.pdfThird Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-01Third Party Advisory
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-08/0106.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/16/6Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/17/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/20/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.reactionpenetrationtesting.co.uk/GIMP-scriptfu-python-command-execution.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55089Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.xerox.com/download/security/security-bulletin/16287-4d6b7b0c81f7b/cert_XRX13-003_v1.0.pdfThird Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-01Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Aug 31, 2012
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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