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CVE-2012-3361

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-3361 describes a symlink attack vulnerability in OpenStack Compute (Nova) versions Folsom, Essex, and Diablo, allowing remote authenticated users to overwrite arbitrary files within an image. With a CVSS score of 5.5, this vulnerability has a network attack vector and low attack complexity, potentially leading to partial integrity and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2011.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:diablo:2011.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.5MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
8.0
Impact Score
4.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.58%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
83.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0258 is in the 94th percentile among its peer group of 21,939 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: novaFixed in: 12.0.0a0

Vendor Advisories (1)

pipGHSA-cm54-3vvf-f5p8medium

OpenStack Nova Arbitrary file injection/corruption through directory traversal issues

May 17, 2022

References

lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2012-July/083969.html
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2012-July/083984.html
bugs.launchpad.net / nova/+bug/1015531
secunia.com / advisories/49763
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/49802
Vendor Advisory
github.com / openstack/nova/commit/2427d4a99bed35baefd8f17ba422cb7aae8dcca7
ExploitPatch
github.com / openstack/nova/commit/b0feaffdb2b1c51182b8dce41b367f3449af5dd9
ExploitPatch
lists.launchpad.net / openstack/msg14089.html
review.openstack.org
securityfocus.com / bid/54278
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1497-1