CVE-2012-10040: Openfiler v2.x NetworkCard Command Execution

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.4 v4.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2025-08-11 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-78

Description

Openfiler v2.x contains a command injection vulnerability in the system.html page. The device parameter is used to instantiate a NetworkCard object, whose constructor in network.inc calls exec() with unsanitized input. An authenticated attacker can exploit this to execute arbitrary commands as the openfiler user. Due to misconfigured sudoers, the openfiler user can escalate privileges to root via sudo /bin/bash without a password.

Affected products

Openfiler: 2.0

References

http://web.archive.org/web/20210922060411/https://itsecuritysolutions.org/2012-09-06-Openfiler-v2.x-multiple-vulnerabilities/
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/master/modules/exploits/linux/http/openfiler_networkcard_exec.rb
https://sourceforge.net/projects/openfiler/
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21191
https://www.openfiler.com/

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