Openfiler 2.x system.html exec device os command injection

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A vulnerability has been found in Openfiler 2.x and classified as critical. This impacts the function exec of the file system.html. The manipulation of the argument device leads to os command injection. This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2012-10040. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability was found in Openfiler 2.x. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects the function exec of the file system.html. The manipulation of the argument device with an unknown input leads to a os command injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-78. The product constructs all or part of an OS command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended OS command when it is sent to a downstream component. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The weakness was disclosed by bcoles. It is possible to read the advisory at raw.githubusercontent.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2012-10040 since 08/07/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/11/2025). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1202 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

By approaching the search of inurl:system.html it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• Openfiler

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• 2.x

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• end of life

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