CVE-2012-3360 describes a directory traversal vulnerability in OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom and Essex, specifically within the virt/disk/api.py component when utilizing libvirt-based hypervisors. This flaw allows remote authenticated users to write arbitrary files to disk images by injecting "../" sequences into the path attribute of a file element. With a CVSS score of 5.5, this vulnerability has a network-based attack vector with low complexity, requiring authentication, and can lead to partial integrity and availability impacts. Despite its potential, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, suggesting a low current exploitation risk.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2012.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:openstack:essex:2012.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2012.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:openstack:folsom:2012.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P
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