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CVE-2012-3512

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2012-11-21 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

Munin before 2.0.6 stores plugin state files that run as root in the same group-writable directory as non-root plugins, which allows local users to execute arbitrary code by replacing a state file, as demonstrated using the smart_ plugin.

Affected products

• Munin-Monitoring Munin: through 2.0.5; 2.0-beta1, 2.0-beta2, 2.0-beta3, 2.0-beta4, 2.0-beta5, 2.0-beta6 (+13)

References

• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=684075
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-September/086375.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-September/088239.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-September/088260.html
• http://www.munin-monitoring.org/ticket/1234
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/21/1
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55698
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1622-1
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=684075
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-September/086375.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-September/088239.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-September/088260.html

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