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Vulnerability record · CVE-2012-2986 · published 20 August 2012

CVE-2012-2986: Hp san\/iq os command injection vulnerability

Hp · San\/Iq

lhn/public/network/ping in HP SAN/iQ 9.5 on the HP Virtual SAN Appliance allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the (1) first, (2) third, or (3) fourth parameter. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2012-4361.

7.7 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 4.4% · top 9.0% CWE-78 · OS command injection
7.7CVSS 2.0 base score
4.4%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
2References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

lhn/public/network/ping in HP SAN/iQ 9.5 on the HP Virtual SAN Appliance allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the (1) first, (2) third, or (3) fourth parameter. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2012-4361.

AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/441363 US Government Resource
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/441363 US Government Resource

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2012-2986), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.