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CVE-2012-1221 json

Directory traversal vulnerability in the telnet server in RabidHamster R2/Extreme 1.65 and earlier allows remote attackers to read arbitrar…

published 2012-02-21 14 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2012-1247

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.9%
EPSS 2.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 87%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Directory traversal vulnerability in the telnet server in RabidHamster R2/Extreme 1.65 and earlier allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the File command.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-36829)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

2.94% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-36829 R2/Extreme 1.65 - Stack Buffer Overflow / Directory Traversal remote, 2012-02-17
  • aluigi.org http://aluigi.org/adv/r2_1-adv.txt referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

Sources

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