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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2012-4361

lhn/public/network/ping in HP SAN/iQ before 9.5 on the HP Virtual SAN Appliance allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the second parameter.

EXPLOIT ×2 ✓HIGH 7.7EPSS 47.8%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 47.8%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

lhn/public/network/ping in HP SAN/iQ before 9.5 on the HP Virtual SAN Appliance allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the second parameter.

CVSS 2.0
7.7 HIGHAV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS
47.80% probability · 99th percentile
Public exploits
2 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 17 February 2012
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-78
Affected
hp/san\/iq
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%25%50%4 November 2026: 47.80%4 November 20264 November 2026

EPSS 47.8% since 4 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Public exploits (2)

Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.

EDB-IDTitleTypePublishedVerified
EDB-18901source ↗HP StorageWorks P4000 - Virtual SAN Appliance Command Execution (Metasploit)hardware · Metasploitremote21 May 2012yes
EDB-18893source ↗HP VSA - Remote Command Executionhardware · Nicolas Gregoireremote17 February 2012yes

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.