01 Record
CVE-2012-4245
The scriptfu network server in GIMP 2.6 does not require authentication, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via the python-fu-eval command.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
The scriptfu network server in GIMP 2.6 does not require authentication, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via the python-fu-eval command.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 4.67% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 91.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2012-08-31 18:00Z14 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 20:28Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2012-08-10
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-862Missing AuthorizationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 311ed38fead7045fb4bbe6cde650dda4e06bbc2288cdd4543fff74d364e6a981
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20120820 RE: [Full-disclosure] GIMP Scriptfu Python Remote Command Executionhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/20/1
- archives.neohapsis.com20120816 GIMP Scriptfu Python Remote Command Executionhttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-08/0106.html
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201603-01https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-01
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20120816 GIMP Scriptfu Python Remote Command Executionhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/16/6
- www.reactionpenetrationtesting.co.ukhttp://www.reactionpenetrationtesting.co.uk/GIMP-scriptfu-python-command-execution.html
- www.securityfocus.com55089http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55089
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20120817 Re: [Full-disclosure] GIMP Scriptfu Python Remote Command Executionhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/17/2
- www.xerox.comhttp://www.xerox.com/download/security/security-bulletin/16287-4d6b7b0c81f7b/cert_XRX13-003_v1.0.pdf