CVE-2012-4958

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 73.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2012-11-18 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in NFRAgent.exe in Novell File Reporter 1.0.2 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a 126 /FSF/CMD request with a .. (dot dot) in a FILE element of an FSFUI record.

Affected products

Novell File Reporter: 1.0.2

References

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/273371
https://community.rapid7.com/community/metasploit/blog/2012/11/16/nfr-agent-buffer-vulnerabilites-cve-2012-4959
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/273371
https://community.rapid7.com/community/metasploit/blog/2012/11/16/nfr-agent-buffer-vulnerabilites-cve-2012-4959

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