{"id":"CVE-2012-4958","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2012-4958","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T17:58:34.169Z","title":"Directory traversal vulnerability in NFRAgent.exe in Novell File Reporter 1.0.2 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a 126 /FSF/CMD request with a ..","description":"Directory traversal vulnerability in NFRAgent.exe in Novell File Reporter 1.0.2 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a 126 /FSF/CMD request with a .. (dot dot) in a FILE element of an FSFUI record.","published":"2012-11-18T19:55:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:45:58.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cret@cert.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-22"],"affected":["novell/file reporter"],"epss":{"score":0.73514,"percentile":0.99462,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2012-12-12","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":23323,"kind":"exploit","title":"Novell File Reporter (NFR) Agent - XML Parsing Remote Code Execution","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/23323","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/windows/remote/23323.py","file":"exploits/windows/remote/23323.py","published":"2012-12-12","added":"2012-12-12","updated":"2016-10-27","author":"Abysssec","type":"remote","platform":"windows","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-2012-4959","CVE-2012-4958","CVE-2012-4957","OSVDB-87573"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 73.5%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/273371","tags":["US Government Resource"],"source":"cret@cert.org"},{"url":"https://community.rapid7.com/community/metasploit/blog/2012/11/16/nfr-agent-buffer-vulnerabilites-cve-2012-4959","source":"cret@cert.org"},{"url":"http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/273371","tags":["US Government Resource"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://community.rapid7.com/community/metasploit/blog/2012/11/16/nfr-agent-buffer-vulnerabilites-cve-2012-4959","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4958","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}