MEDIUM
virt/disk/api.py in OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom (2012.2), Essex (2012.1), and Diablo (2011.3) allows remote authenticated users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file in an image
Published Jul 22, 2012
5.5
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.60%
Description
virt/disk/api.py in OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom (2012.2), Essex (2012.1), and Diablo (2011.3) allows remote authenticated users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file in an image.
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.
5.5 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication Single
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
2.60% 0.02604
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.02604
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 (14 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.60% (0.02604) | 84.82th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.58% (0.02582) | 83.16th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.38% (0.01377) | 78.50th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 3.19% (0.03192) | 78.17th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.81% (0.01808) | 81.60th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.38% (0.00383) | 73.90th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.38% (0.00383) | 72.30th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 12, 2023 | 0.38% (0.00383) | 69.18th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 9, 2023 | 0.39% (0.00393) | 69.33th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.33% (0.00332) | 66.48th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.81% (0.01815) | 77.08th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.81% (0.01815) | 77.03th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.81% (0.01815) | 75.00th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.81% (0.01815) | 54.30th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (14)
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-July/083969.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- 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/54278 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-cm54-3vvf-f5p8 Advisory
- https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/2427d4a99bed35baefd8f17ba422cb7aae8dcca7 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatch
- https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/b0feaffdb2b1c51182b8dce41b367f3449af5dd9 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatch
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/nova/PYSEC-2012-39.yaml
- https://lists.launchpad.net/openstack/msg14089.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3361
- https://review.openstack.org/#/c/9268 x_refsource_CONFIRM
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Jul 22, 2012
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Jun 14, 2012
Link CVE-2012-3361
CISA Vulnrichment
GHSA-CM54-3VVF-F5P8 Updated n/a