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CVE-2014-5261

The graph settings script (graph_settings.php) in Cacti 0.8.8b and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary

The graph settings script (graph_settings.php) in Cacti 0.8.8b and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a font size, related to the rrdtool commandline in lib/rrd.php.

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 0.01337
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  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-94Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
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Affected Products & Versions

2
cacti<= 0.8.8b
cactiall versions
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Scoring & Timeline

7.5
HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published to NVD22 Aug 2014 · 02:55 PM
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References & Sources

8
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q3/351
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q3/386
http://svn.cacti.net/viewvc?view=rev&revision=7454Patch
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3007
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69213
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1127165
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