CVE-2012-5966 — The restricted telnet shell on the D-Link DSL2730U router allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended command restrictions via shell metacharacters that follow a whitelisted command

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The restricted telnet shell on the D-Link DSL2730U router allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended command restrictions via shell metacharacters that follow a whitelisted command

Published Dec 13, 2012

4.0

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.50%

Description

The restricted telnet shell on the D-Link DSL2730U router allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended command restrictions via shell metacharacters that follow a whitelisted command.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.50% 0.01501

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.01501

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (13 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	1.50% (0.01501)	73.36th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.50% (0.01501)	70.86th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.13% (0.00125)	29.21th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.11% (0.00115)	46.73th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Apr 25, 2024	0.07% (0.00075)	31.44th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.06% (0.00064)	25.61th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Oct 11, 2023	0.11% (0.00110)	43.66th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Apr 27, 2023	0.11% (0.00106)	41.65th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.09% (0.00092)	37.81th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.05% (0.01055)	52.13th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 17, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	50.47th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	48.43th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	27.52th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-264

References (1)

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/876780
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/876780		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner certcc

Published Dec 13, 2012

Updated Sep 16, 2024

Reserved Nov 21, 2012

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CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

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Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

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