CVE-2012-10040 CRITICAL

CVE-2012-10040: Openfiler v2.x NetworkCard Command Execution

Vendor Openfiler
Product Openfiler
Weakness CWE-78
Published August 11, 2025
Last update April 7, 2026

CVSS base score

9.4/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality
Integrity

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Openfiler v2.x contains a command injection vulnerability in the system.html page. The device parameter is used to instantiate a NetworkCard object, whose constructor in network.inc calls exec() with unsanitized input. An authenticated attacker can exploit this to execute arbitrary commands as the openfiler user. Due to misconfigured sudoers, the openfiler user can escalate privileges to root via sudo /bin/bash without a password.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

August 11, 2025 CVE published
April 7, 2026 Record updated