Directory traversal vulnerability in virt/disk/api.py in OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom (2012.2) and Essex (2012.1), when used over libvirt-based hypervisors, allows remote authenticated users to write arbitrary files to the disk image via a .
Published Jul 22, 2012
5.5
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.02%
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in virt/disk/api.py in OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom (2012.2) and Essex (2012.1), when used over libvirt-based hypervisors, allows remote authenticated users to write arbitrary files to the disk image via a .. (dot dot) in the path attribute of a file element.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
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 (15 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 3.02% (0.03022) | 86.99th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.00% (0.02997) | 85.56th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 23, 2026 | 1.38% (0.01381) | 80.14th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 2.56% (0.02565) | 84.18th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 6.02% (0.06017) | 84.09th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 3.18% (0.03182) | 86.11th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.44% (0.00441) | 75.67th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.44% (0.00441) | 74.09th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 12, 2023 | 0.44% (0.00441) | 71.21th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 9, 2023 | 0.45% (0.00452) | 71.36th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.38% (0.00382) | 68.75th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.65% (0.01649) | 75.99th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.65% (0.01649) | 75.95th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.65% (0.01649) | 73.90th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.65% (0.01649) | 52.77th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (12)
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-July/083984.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49763 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49802 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54277 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1497-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1015531 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-m454-cm7h-rqhh Advisory
- https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/2427d4a99bed35baefd8f17ba422cb7aae8dcca7 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/b0feaffdb2b1c51182b8dce41b367f3449af5dd9 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatch
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/nova/PYSEC-2012-38.yaml
- https://lists.launchpad.net/openstack/msg14089.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3360
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-July/083984.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/49763 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/49802 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54277 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1497-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU | |
| https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1015531 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-m454-cm7h-rqhh | Advisory | |
| https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/2427d4a99bed35baefd8f17ba422cb7aae8dcca7 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/b0feaffdb2b1c51182b8dce41b367f3449af5dd9 | x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatch | |
| https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/nova/PYSEC-2012-38.yaml | ||
| https://lists.launchpad.net/openstack/msg14089.html | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3360 |
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