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CVE-2012-10058

Published: Aug 13, 2025

Modified: Apr 7, 2026

PUBLISHED

Description

RabidHamster R4 v1.25 contains a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability due to unsafe use of sprintf() when logging malformed HTTP requests. A remote attacker can exploit this flaw by sending a specially crafted URI, resulting in arbitrary code execution under the context of the web server process.

Vendor	Product	Versions
RabidHamster	R4 Embedded Server	affected `1.25`

Weaknesses (CWE)

References

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/master/modules/exploits/windows/http/rabidhamster_r4_log.rb

exploit

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18929

exploit

http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/r4_1-adv.txt

technical-description

exploit

https://advisories.checkpoint.com/defense/advisories/public/2013/cpai-07-jan405.html

third-party-advisory

https://www.rabidhamster.org/R4/download.php

product

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/rabidhamster-r4-log-entry-buffer-overflow

third-party-advisory

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