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CVE-2012-2414

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2012-04-30 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-287

Description

main/manager.c in the Manager Interface in Asterisk Open Source 1.6.2.x before 1.6.2.24, 1.8.x before 1.8.11.1, and 10.x before 10.3.1 and Asterisk Business Edition C.3.x before C.3.7.4 does not properly enforce System class authorization requirements, which allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands via (1) the originate action in the MixMonitor application, (2) the SHELL and EVAL functions in the GetVar manager action, or (3) the SHELL and EVAL functions in the Status manager action.

Affected products

• asterisk Open Source: 1.6.2.0, 1.6.2.0-rc2, 1.6.2.0-rc3, 1.6.2.0-rc4, 1.6.2.0-rc5, 1.6.2.0-rc6 (+147)

References

• http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/security/AST-2012-004.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/079759.html
• http://osvdb.org/81454
• http://secunia.com/advisories/48891
• http://secunia.com/advisories/48941
• http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2460
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53206
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026961
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75100
• http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/security/AST-2012-004.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/079759.html
• http://osvdb.org/81454

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