CVE-2012-4545
The http_negotiate_create_context function in protocol/http/http_negotiate.c in ELinks 0.12 before 0.12pre6, when using HTTP Negotiate or GSS-Negotiate authentication, delegates user credentials
02 Description
The http_negotiate_create_context function in protocol/http/http_negotiate.c in ELinks 0.12 before 0.12pre6, when using HTTP Negotiate or GSS-Negotiate authentication, delegates user credentials
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
- 1.91% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 79.6% 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
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
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
- 2013-01-03 01:00Z13 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 20:42Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2012-08-21
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-287Improper AuthenticationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 52022d503b3e18ac257b8f631410ed4fc7307dc8cccc0e003f160932038ba713
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2013:075http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:075
- www.securityfocus.com57065http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57065
- www.debian.orgDSA-2592http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2592
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comelinks-httpnegotiate-security-bypass(80882)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80882
- repo.or.czhttp://repo.or.cz/w/elinks.git/blobdiff/89056e21fc7ab8e1c2d4e06ec9d0c6d01e70669a..da18694ff7dd0b67dfcb3c417fb0579b1e7d02d7:/src/protocol/http/http_negotiate.c
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2013:0250http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0250.html
- bugzilla.elinks.czhttp://bugzilla.elinks.cz/show_bug.cgi?id=1124
- secunia.com51569http://secunia.com/advisories/51569
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- elinks Fixed in 0.12~pre5-9
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- elinks Fixed in 0.12~pre5-9
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- elinks Fixed in 0.12~pre5-9
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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