CVE-2012-4957

high

Published 2012-11-18 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

8.8

Description

Absolute path traversal vulnerability in NFRAgent.exe in Novell File Reporter 1.0.2 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a /FSF/CMD request with a full pathname in a PATH element of an SRS record.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-23323 remote windows verified

Abysssec · 2012-12-12

Novell File Reporter (NFR) Agent - XML Parsing Remote Code Execution

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

Metasploit modules

auxiliary_scanner/http/novell_file_reporter_srs_fileaccess rank 300

NFR Agent SRS Record Arbitrary Remote File Access

Source fetch failed: fetch_error — view the original via the link above.

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
novell	file_reporter	`1.0.2`

References

CWEs

CWE-22

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.